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Inside the covert operation that captured Maduro
A secret CIA role in Venezuela points to a sharper, risk-heavy turn in US intelligence strategy, and a renewed focus on Latin America under President Trump’s second term.
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Why Canada is bracing itself as Greenland becomes the front line
After years of shrugging off Trump-era trolling, Ottawa is treating Arctic pressure as a real strategic threat, and reshaping its defence, diplomacy, and alliances accordingly.
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Why Macron’s personal approach to Trump is under new strain
For years, France’s president relied on personal rapport to steady Donald Trump. With tariffs threatened and Greenland in play, that approach is starting to look exhausted.
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US bought the Danish Virgin Islands in 1917 for $25M. Does that mean Greenland is for sale?
A century-old deal often cited in today’s Greenland debate shows how much the rules of power, territory, and consent have changed since 1917.
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How a submerged train part may reshape Spain’s rail crash inquiry
Nearly two days after one of Spain’s deadliest rail disasters in over a decade, a heavy piece of train debris found far from the tracks has opened a new line of questioning for investigators still struggling to understand what went wrong.
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One year in, Trump is governing without filters, and without guardrails
An unscripted, meandering appearance in the White House briefing room offered a clear preview of a second year shaped less by institutions and restraint, and more by a president convinced he answers only to himself.
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Marriyum Aurangzeb's glow-up stuns social media, sparks cosmetic surgery rumours
A set of wedding photographs sparked viral speculation and ridicule online, reigniting a familiar debate about how women politicians are judged less for their work and more for how they look.
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Goa double murder probe turns up disturbing digital trail on accused’s phone
Investigators say material recovered from the suspect’s mobile device is now part of a wider effort to reconstruct motive, mental state, and the events leading up to the killings.
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Why elephant-digested coffee tastes surprisingly smooth
A quirky scientific finding explains how gut bacteria in Asian elephants change coffee beans long before they are roasted.
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Scientists find ‘plastic clouds’ hanging over major Chinese cities
New research suggests microplastics are no longer just on land and in oceans but are now shaping the air above some of China’s biggest urban centres.
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Why Trump is pushing Greenland when an easier deal already exists
A growing Arctic security gap has given Washington legitimate concerns, but President Donald Trump is choosing confrontation over cooperation, risking a rupture inside North Atlantic Treaty Organization for a goal he could largely achieve without owning an inch of territory.
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How memes became the official language of Trump’s second White House
What began as online trolling has hardened into a governing style, with federal power now wrapped in AI images, ironic jokes and deliberately provocative posts.
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What’s really happening beneath the White House East Wing
As US President Donald Trump pushes ahead with a grand new ballroom above ground, a far more secretive project is unfolding below it, involving the dismantling and rebuilding of one of the most sensitive security facilities in the United States.
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The sun just unleashed its strongest radiation storm in 20 years. Here’s what it means for you
A powerful burst of solar energy from the sun is racing toward Earth, and while it’s setting off alerts among scientists and satellite operators, for most people the biggest impact may simply be a rare chance to see the northern lights far from home.
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Why Trump’s oil-first worldview is colliding with China’s battery-powered future
As Washington doubles down on fossil fuels, Beijing is quietly locking up the technologies that will decide who builds the machines, vehicles and industries of the electric age.
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“Create an image of how you treat me”: The ChatGPT trend turning AI into a mirror
A viral prompt asking ChatGPT to visualise how users treat it is sparking jokes, self-reflection, and a wider conversation about how people relate to artificial intelligence.
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A strange iron streak inside the Ring Nebula has scientists asking new questions
A vast band of iron cutting across the Ring Nebula may be the remains of something far more dramatic than gas and dust, possibly even a destroyed planet.
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Hot coffee in plastic cups may expose drinkers to lakhs of microplastics each year: Study
New research suggests hot drinks in plastic-lined cups can release microplastics into what we drink, raising uncomfortable questions about a habit most of us barely notice.
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China builds its own “microscopic scalpel” in push to cut reliance on foreign chip tools
A newly developed hydrogen-ion implanter highlights how Beijing is trying to plug one of the quiet but critical gaps in semiconductor manufacturing.
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China’s Buddha carvers are quietly running out of time
In eastern China, artisans who have spent decades shaping wooden Buddhas fear that when they stop working, the craft may stop with them.
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China ramps up Belt and Road spending to record levels in 2025
New research shows Beijing committed more than $200 billion to overseas energy, infrastructure and resource projects last year as it moved to secure supply chains and expand its global economic reach.
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Why authorities are re-examining the death of Hunter S. Thompson
Two decades after the gonzo journalist’s death was ruled a suicide, his widow’s concerns have led authorities to take another look, reopening old family rifts and unresolved questions.
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Why China’s population keeps shrinking despite policy push
Births fell again last year as economic pressure, social change and ageing offset government efforts to encourage families.
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Why Greenland is becoming more important as Arctic ice melts
Retreating sea ice is opening routes and exposing resources in the far north, increasing Greenland’s strategic importance.
