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Trump and other G7 leaders are meeting without China. Is that a mistake?

From the outset, China wasn't included when major powers gathered in 1975 at a chateau outside Paris to fix the slumping global economy, the...

15.06.2026 100

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John Leicester

Where did language come from? Nobody really knows, but the theories are fascinating

Humans are the only species known to use fully symbolic language: a system capable of expressing abstract ideas, imaginary worlds and endless...

14.06.2026 100

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Karen stollznow

Trump setbacks fuel lame-duck talk as he turns 80

By Matt Spetalnick and Nandita Bose WASHINGTON, June 10 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump is trying to project political strength as he turns...

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Matt spetalnick and nandita bose

World Cup ticket inflation reflects widening gap between haves and have-nots

In 1994, the last time U.S. stadiums hosted the World Cup, an average ticket cost $58. The most expensive ticket for the final could be grabbed for...

12.06.2026 100

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Stefan szymanski

Japan should ditch single-use plastics over Middle East supply risks

The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz amid rising Middle East tensions has once again exposed the vulnerability of Japan's...

12.06.2026 100

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Akeru sonoda

Xi's silence on nuclear arms is a gift to North Korea's Kim Jong Un

Chinese and North Korean state-run media this week devoted thousands of words to Xi Jinping 's summit with Kim Jong Un, but made no mention of a...

11.06.2026 100

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Foster Klug

Politicians have long misunderstood the ‘working class’. The rise of the far right shows how mistaken they have been

Class has always mattered, and now social democratic parties that sprung from a working class — including the Australian Labor Party – are finding...

10.06.2026 100

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David peetz

Netanyahu and Trump are at odds over the war they started together

Israel's latest strikes on Lebanon and Iran have made clear that U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who...

09.06.2026 100

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Julia frankel and aamer madhani

Trump faces new Republican resistance in Congress as midterm pressures build

Donald Trump is facing widening opposition within his own party as Republican lawmakers in Congress, long reluctant to defy him, are showing a greater...

08.06.2026 100

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David Morgan

The White House as a stage: Trump’s hosting streak meets America's 250th birthday and the World Cup

When nearly all the scheduled musical performers pulled out of a concert series marking America’s 250th anniversary — fearing the event had become...

07.06.2026 100

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Will Weissert

As Trump cheerleads for AI, some in MAGA world fret

President Donald Trump is an enthusiastic advocate for swift AI development in America, dismissing regulation as a curb on competing with China. But...

06.06.2026 100

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Aurélia end

The World Cup and human trafficking: What research reveals about real risks at major sporting events

As U.S. cities prepare to host the FIFA World Cup, familiar warnings about human trafficking “spikes” at major sporting events have reemerged....

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Kathleen murray preble and jennifer e. o'brien

Privacy isn’t dead – it’s just that tech companies have made it inconvenient

“You have zero privacy … Get over it,” Scott McNealy, then CEO of Sun Microsystems, declared in 1999. What might have sounded like a bold claim...

04.06.2026 100

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Sandra matz

How Trump has used the presidency to benefit himself and his allies

President Donald Trump tried to create a near $1.8 billion fund that could be funneled to his supporters as a means of settling a lawsuit he filed...

03.06.2026 350

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Will weissert and michelle l. price

Should AI be required to report a human user contemplating violence?

On Feb 10, 2026, an 18-year-old woman, Jesse Van Rootselaar, killed eight people and herself in a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia....

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