Category: World
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The operator of the boat that capsized near the Statue of Liberty faces thirteen counts of reckless endangerment. Why the count matches people at risk rather than people harmed, what “reckless” means in law, and the pattern behind small-boat disasters.
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Iranian state media reports the supreme leader met the president in July and has released a rare video. Why an appearance is itself news, what a released video can and cannot establish, and the theological dispute running underneath.
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Trump has announced what he calls the most crushing economic operation ever against a country, aimed at Iran. What the instruments of economic warfare actually are, which one does the work, and what the evidence says about whether they change behaviour.
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An analysis of 23,000 chatbot conversations found about half were not about work — which most of the public argument about this technology fails to account for. What the number supports, what it cannot show, and why text detection is getting harder.
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Israel’s defence minister has accused Erdoğan of dragging Turkey into dangerous adventures in Syria after a strike on a Syrian airbase. Why Syria is where these interests collide, what an airbase strike signals, and what would show a real change.
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India’s ruling party is rethinking how it talks to young voters after youth-led protests over education and unemployment. Why the movement took its name from an insult, the grievance underneath, and whether a communications answer can meet a material problem.
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A US order recommends giving childhood vaccinations at separate visits and splitting the MMR vaccine. What is actually changing, the arguments on both sides, and why safety and coverage are two different questions.
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Frontex says irregular crossings into the EU fell 26 per cent to almost 178,000. What that figure counts, why a fall is hard to attribute to any policy, and the number that does not move in step with it.
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Twenty elephants have died since June in southern Kenya. Early tests suggested cyanide from pesticides, but wildlife experts say the evidence does not fit the symptoms. Why the number is large, what the herd loses beyond individuals, and the conflict underneath.
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Trump has paused new 50 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods for three days. Why a 50 per cent tariff is a different kind of instrument from a 12 per cent one, what a three-day pause is actually for, and why integrated supply chains make Canada a peculiar target.