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Facing rising US tariffs, Chinese firms are pivoting to the Global South, boosting trade and investment in the region. This shift signals a growing South–South trade dynamic with China at… more ›
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Three years in, one of AI’s enduring impacts is to make people feel like they’re losing it. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/08/ai-mass-delusion-event/683909/?gift=bQgJMMVzeo8RHHcE1_KM0Yxw_pOVM_AK6Q1K5aHOCSs&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share more ›
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Italy hailed a drop in irregular arrivals last year as proof its migration policies are working. One boat’s journey shows the dangers of the crackdown. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/stranded-sea-decade-after-eus-migrant-crisis-hundreds-still-dying-mediterranean-2025-08-19/ more ›
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Prince has a new guns-for-hire firm to take overseas security jobs the White House doesn’t want to pay for https://www.wsj.com/world/americas/erik-prince-mercenaries-vectus-global-5a166dca more ›
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The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organisations of the 16th-century Mercator map of the world in favour of one that more… more ›
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With help from artificial intelligence, MIT researchers designed novel antibiotics that can combat a drug-resistant form of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and multi-drug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). https://news.mit.edu/2025/using-generative-ai-researchers-design-compounds-kill-drug-resistant-bacteria-0814 more ›
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Having lost many opportunities and rights under the new leadership, women are finding in miniature paintings, abstract textiles and more an important means of expression https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/08/15/four-years-on-from-taliban-takeover-afghan-women-are-asserting-themselves-through-art more ›
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In a recent study, scientists successfully decoded not only the words people tried to say but the words they merely imagined saying. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/science/brain-neuroscience-computers-speech.html?utm_source=semafor more ›
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Recently, there has been considerable interest in large language models: machine learning systems which produce human-like text and dialogue. Applications of these systems have been plagued by persistent inaccuracies in… more ›