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War heats up as Russia, Ukraine trade drone and missile attacks

Over the past month, there has been a notable increase in the intensity of the air war in Russia’s aggression against Ukraine. Strikes in mid- and late-May and early June have been characterised by significantly larger numbers of drones and missiles deployed by Russia in single

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Measuring massive surge waves along the Illgraben

Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) have, for the first time, been able to record a debris flow over a distance of two kilometers at the Illgraben (VS). The study reveals where and how waves form within the flow and what

Beijing vows to retaliate as EU warns of China Shock 2.0

Beijing has threatened to retaliate after the European Union’s executive body called for a more robust response to the surge in cheap Chinese goods flooding its markets. Amid fears that a new wave of Chinese exports was gutting European manufacturing, the European Commission

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Rice: Iran war has left 'weaker, more confused' regime

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday said the U.S.-Israeli conflict in Iran has left behind a "weaker, more confused" regime in charge of the Middle Eastern country. The former George W. Bush administration official praised the U.S.'s efforts against Iran in

Trump says he thinks progress is being made on Lebanon

WASHINGTON, June 4 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he believed progress was being made between Israel and Lebanon and that Lebanon deserved to have peace. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that he had spoken to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin

Who Was Nancy Grace Roman?

The trailblazing astronomer lends her name to the newest space telescope slated to deliver unprecedented insight into the universe The post Who Was Nancy Grace Roman? appeared first on Nautilus .