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China’s sailless submarine takes warfare to the seabed

China’s newly revealed sailless submarine may be designed not only to evade detection but also to threaten the undersea infrastructure underpinning Indo-Pacific military and economic power. This month, Naval News reported that China has covertly launched a highly advanced,

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Washington, Silicon Valley brace for AI job losses

Washington and Silicon Valley are bracing for the fallout from AI’s potential displacement of workers, floating everything from transition assistance to universal basic income as Americans express growing discontent with the technology. AI leaders have long warned the

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India is repeating China’s mistake in Myanmar

When Senior General Min Aung Hlaing arrived in India on May 30 for his first official overseas visit as Myanmar’s new “president,” the photo op was exactly what he wanted. The man who seized power in a coup, jailed elected leaders, crushed a nationwide uprising and drove

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Lebanon ceasefire raises hopes of progess for Iran deal

By Jana Choukeir DUBAI, June 4 (Reuters) - Israel and Lebanon agreed to implement a new ceasefire after U.S.-mediated talks, the Trump administration said, raising hopes for progress toward ending the wider U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. Tehran has made a ceasefire in Lebanon a

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The Fugitive Childhood of a Cocaine Smuggler’s Daughters

"When their parents ripped two young sisters from their privileged lives, gave them fake names, and took them on the lam, they thought it was because their father was in trouble with the IRS. It would be years before they learned the truth about his life of crime."

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Republicans see trouble with independents for Trump

Republican senators are growing increasingly concerned about President Trump’s weak polling numbers with independent voters and warn that the GOP may be headed for a political wipeout in the November election because Trump’s popularity with Republican primary voters isn’t

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Republicans rocked by Trump’s midterm approach

Republicans hoping to keep control of Congress in a tough election year have been thrown off-balance by President Trump’s focus on foreign policy, pet projects, and statements dismissing the importance of the midterms and cost-of-living issues. To be sure, Trump’s team is

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Prediction Markets Are Learning From the Addiction Industry

If you believe the multibillion-dollar firms behind “prediction markets” and the individuals who are handsomely paid to promote them, two things are absolutely clear: These exchanges are not gambling, and they certainly don’t prey upon young or vulnerable people. But many

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FEMA staff losses leave questions about hurricane season

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) staffing losses after a tumultuous year at the agency are raising questions about whether it will be able to effectively respond to this hurricane season. While the Trump administration has backed off its most controversial ideas —

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Confessions of an Exploited Pop Star

Love, the pop star at the center of Candice Wuehle’s second novel, Ultranatural , feels familiar, like the idol we’ve all known since 1998 when she appeared on MTV singing and dancing through a high school in white button-down, pleated mini skirt, and thigh-high socks. Like

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Amazon develops a warehouse robot workers can speak to

Amazon has announced a new version of its fully autonomous warehouse robot, Proteus, that will can interact using language instead of code. The expanded capabilities come as part of a growing pivot toward automation as the e-commerce giant replaces its human workers with

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