Category: World
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The FBI has arrested a woman over an alleged plot against the New York State Capitol. How the law prosecutes an attack that never happened, why implausibility is not a defence, and the contested role of undercover operations.
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Tens of thousands in Indiana are starting a second week without power. Why the last few per cent of customers take longest to reconnect, what a week without electricity actually does to a household, and the real trade-offs in burying power lines.
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Ukraine is running short of interceptor missiles as strikes continue. The arithmetic that makes air defence unsustainable, why attacks are structured to exhaust it, and what a shortage looks like for cities that lose coverage.
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Somali pirates have hijacked a second ship in four days, a suspected Iranian shadow fleet tanker off Yemen. Why piracy collapsed after 2011, why sanctioned vessels have none of the protections that ended it, and where the navies went.
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Offers of Iranian crude to China have fallen for September and October delivery while prices rise. Why China is effectively the only buyer, what an “offer” measures that export data doesn’t, and why a higher price here signals weakness.
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The US national debt has passed $40 trillion. What the figure counts, why debt and deficit are different things, which measures economists actually watch, and why nothing in particular happens at a round number.
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A strong earthquake hit southern Peru — magnitude 6.7 according to the USGS, 7.2 according to Peru’s Geophysical Institute. Why two agencies disagree, why the depth matters more than the magnitude, and why saturated ground makes it worse.
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Researchers report a way to shrink antibodies into molecules that can work inside cells — where many disease-causing proteins sit out of reach. Why that wall matters, why Alzheimer’s is named, and the four obstacles between this and a treatment.
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Funding is being pulled from NOAA’s Arctic Report Card, published annually since 2006. What the report actually is, who relies on it besides scientists, and why breaking a twenty-year series is a different kind of loss from ending one.
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A home was burned overnight in Khillet al-Farra in the South Hebron Hills. What the homeowner’s video testimony describes, what is established and what is not, and why the instruction to leave is the detail that carries the legal weight.