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Why higher defense spending is no magic bullet for NATO as Trump takes aim

Feb 19, 2024

It has been a good week for NATO. Just days after US election frontrunner Donald Trump declared that he would encourage Russia to do “whatever the hell they want” to allies who don’t meet their defense spending commitment, a record number of NATO members declared that they would up their spending.

Russia’s sheer mass proves too much for Ukraine in Avdiivka

Feb 19, 2024

The Russian advance into the ruins of the city of Avdiivka was only a matter of time.

China ramps up patrols near Taiwan’s outlying islands following death of Chinese fishermen

Feb 19, 2024

China is increasing patrols in waters near a group of frontline islands controlled by Taiwan, as tensions rise after two Chinese fishermen drowned during a pursuit by Taiwan’s coast guard who accused them of trespassing.

Huge network of ancient cities uncovered in the Amazon rainforest

Jan 15, 2024

Archaeologists working deep in the Amazon rainforest have discovered an extensive network of cities dating back 2,500 years.

Buildings burn as lava from Icelandic volcano eruption flows into evacuated fishing town

Jan 15, 2024

A volcano erupted in southwest Iceland, sending molten lava into a nearby town and setting houses ablaze, authorities say, in the second eruption the area has seen in weeks.

Taiwan loses diplomatic ally to China days after presidential election

Jan 15, 2024

Taiwan has lost another diplomatic ally to China just days after its presidential election in what Taipei said was both sudden and designed by Beijing to suppress the island’s “democratic achievements.”

Last letters from young kamikaze pilots provide rare insights into Japan’s feared special attack unit

Jan 15, 2024

Think of a kamikaze pilot and the image that comes to mind is probably a screaming face obscured by goggles embarking on a death plunge.

How Iowa became a chaotic curtain-raiser for a fateful political year

Jan 15, 2024

The storied history of the Iowa caucuses has never seen anything like this.

Gunman kills 14 people and wounds 25 others at Prague university

Dec 29, 2023

A shooter killed at least 14 people and wounded 25 others at a university in Prague on Thursday in the deadliest mass shooting the Czech Republic has seen in decades.

Ancient bricks baked when Nebuchadnezzar II was king absorbed a power surge in Earth’s magnetic field

Dec 29, 2023

Thousands of years ago, Earth’s magnetic field underwent a significant power surge over a part of the planet that included the ancient kingdom of Mesopotamia. People at the time probably never even noticed the fluctuation, but signs of the anomaly, including previously unknown details, were preserved in the mud bricks that they baked, new research has found.

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