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U.S. forces struck a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific, killing two and leaving one survivor, Southern Command said.
With posts by 🎓Brendan Nyhan, 🎓Daniel W. Drezner, 🎓Anthony Burke +7 more scholars.
U.S. forces struck a suspected drug-smuggling boat in the eastern Pacific, killing two and leaving one survivor, Southern Command said.
With posts by 🎓Brendan Nyhan, 🎓Daniel W. Drezner, 🎓Anthony Burke +7 more scholars.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer won backing from his cabinet in Downing Street on Tuesday, fending off calls from Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar over Peter Mandelson's links to Jeffrey Epstein.
With replies by 🎓Tim Bale, 🎓Tim Newburn +25 more scholars.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer won backing from his cabinet in Downing Street on Tuesday, fending off calls from Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar over Peter Mandelson's links to Jeffrey Epstein.
With replies by 🎓Tim Bale, 🎓Tim Newburn +25 more scholars.
Released US Department of Justice files on Jeffrey Epstein revealed his efforts to cultivate ties with Russian officials and implicated several elites, prompting investigations and political fallout across…
With replies by 🎓Taras Kuzio +43 more scholars.
Released US Department of Justice files on Jeffrey Epstein revealed his efforts to cultivate ties with Russian officials and implicated several elites, prompting investigations and political fallout across…
With replies by 🎓Taras Kuzio +43 more scholars.
House lawmakers called top ICE chief Todd Lyons and other Trump administration immigration officials Tuesday to testify about deaths during enforcement raids and disputed agency claims.
With replies by 🎓Taras Kuzio, 🎓Brendan Nyhan +43 more scholars.
House lawmakers called top ICE chief Todd Lyons and other Trump administration immigration officials Tuesday to testify about deaths during enforcement raids and disputed agency claims.
With replies by 🎓Taras Kuzio, 🎓Brendan Nyhan +43 more scholars.
Philipp Raimund won Olympic gold on the normal hill at Predazzo during the 2026 Winter Olympics, claiming Germany’s title while displaying an unusually relaxed, cool technique.
With posts by 🎓Trudy Harpham, 🎓Sarah Roberts, 🎓Naomi Wolf +5 more scholars.
Philipp Raimund won Olympic gold on the normal hill at Predazzo during the 2026 Winter Olympics, claiming Germany’s title while displaying an unusually relaxed, cool technique.
With posts by 🎓Trudy Harpham, 🎓Sarah Roberts, 🎓Naomi Wolf +5 more scholars.
Slovenia won the team ski-jumping gold at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics on day four, claiming the top podium in the Val di Fiemme competition.
With replies by 🎓Catherine Baker, 🎓Nancy M. Wingfield, 🎓Brooke Harrington +4 more scholars.
Slovenia won the team ski-jumping gold at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics on day four, claiming the top podium in the Val di Fiemme competition.
With replies by 🎓Catherine Baker, 🎓Nancy M. Wingfield, 🎓Brooke Harrington +4 more scholars.
Russia's media regulator Roskomnadzor restricted access to Telegram nationwide and said the app failed to remove content used for criminal and terrorist purposes, while users reported connection problems.
With replies by 🎓Taras Kuzio +2 more scholars.
Russia's media regulator Roskomnadzor restricted access to Telegram nationwide and said the app failed to remove content used for criminal and terrorist purposes, while users reported connection problems.
With replies by 🎓Taras Kuzio +2 more scholars.
Spain fell to 49th globally in Transparency International's 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index, dropping three places and sharing the rank with Cyprus and Fiji.
With replies by 🎓Anders Aslund, 🎓Laurent Mucchielli, 🎓Sebastián Roché +9 more scholars.
Spain fell to 49th globally in Transparency International's 2025 Corruption Perceptions Index, dropping three places and sharing the rank with Cyprus and Fiji.
With replies by 🎓Anders Aslund, 🎓Laurent Mucchielli, 🎓Sebastián Roché +9 more scholars.
University of Oxford researchers found that when patients used chatbots like ChatGPT to interpret symptoms, the tools often produced incorrect diagnoses and did not ask clarifying questions.
With replies by 🎓Demis Hassabis +15 more scholars.
University of Oxford researchers found that when patients used chatbots like ChatGPT to interpret symptoms, the tools often produced incorrect diagnoses and did not ask clarifying questions.
With replies by 🎓Demis Hassabis +15 more scholars.
Tehran warned the United States not to let Benjamin Netanyahu derail nuclear talks as he traveled to Washington for a hastily arranged White House meeting with Donald Trump.
With replies by 🎓Matthew Søberg Shugart, 🎓Walter Russell Mead +10 more scholars.
Tehran warned the United States not to let Benjamin Netanyahu derail nuclear talks as he traveled to Washington for a hastily arranged White House meeting with Donald Trump.
With replies by 🎓Matthew Søberg Shugart, 🎓Walter Russell Mead +10 more scholars.
Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index found global corruption had increased, with established democracies including the United States and United Kingdom recording their lowest scores.
With replies from 13 scholars.
Transparency International’s annual Corruption Perceptions Index found global corruption had increased, with established democracies including the United States and United Kingdom recording their lowest scores.
With replies from 13 scholars.
The EU's Copernicus climate service said January was the world's fifth-warmest on record, despite Europe experiencing its coldest January since 2010.
With posts by 🎓Du Toit, 🎓Michael J. Allen, 🎓Dale Townshend.
The EU's Copernicus climate service said January was the world's fifth-warmest on record, despite Europe experiencing its coldest January since 2010.
With posts by 🎓Du Toit, 🎓Michael J. Allen, 🎓Dale Townshend.
The European Parliament approved agricultural safeguard measures for the EU–Mercosur trade deal, allowing suspension of preferential access or temporary tariffs to protect European farmers from market harm…
With replies from 6 scholars.
The European Parliament approved agricultural safeguard measures for the EU–Mercosur trade deal, allowing suspension of preferential access or temporary tariffs to protect European farmers from market harm…
With replies from 6 scholars.
Israeli government approved measures increasing control over the West Bank, allowing Israelis to buy private Palestinian land and stripping Palestinian Authority powers, drawing condemnation from UN, EU and…
With replies from 12 scholars.
Israeli government approved measures increasing control over the West Bank, allowing Israelis to buy private Palestinian land and stripping Palestinian Authority powers, drawing condemnation from UN, EU and…
With replies from 12 scholars.
Released US Department of Justice files on Jeffrey Epstein revealed his efforts to cultivate ties with Russian officials and implicated several elites, prompting investigations and political fallout across…
With replies by 🎓Taras Kuzio +41 more scholars.
Released US Department of Justice files on Jeffrey Epstein revealed his efforts to cultivate ties with Russian officials and implicated several elites, prompting investigations and political fallout across…
With replies by 🎓Taras Kuzio +41 more scholars.
House lawmakers called top ICE chief Todd Lyons and other Trump administration immigration officials Tuesday to testify about deaths during enforcement raids and disputed agency claims.
With replies by 🎓Brendan Nyhan, 🎓Michael A. Clemens +35 more scholars.
House lawmakers called top ICE chief Todd Lyons and other Trump administration immigration officials Tuesday to testify about deaths during enforcement raids and disputed agency claims.
With replies by 🎓Brendan Nyhan, 🎓Michael A. Clemens +35 more scholars.
Air Canada and international carriers suspended flights to Cuba after U.S. sanctions that blocked Venezuelan oil shipments precipitated a severe jet‑fuel shortage, stranding tourists and worsening the island's…
With replies by 🎓Daniela Gabor +9 more scholars.
Air Canada and international carriers suspended flights to Cuba after U.S. sanctions that blocked Venezuelan oil shipments precipitated a severe jet‑fuel shortage, stranding tourists and worsening the island's…
With replies by 🎓Daniela Gabor +9 more scholars.
French President Emmanuel Macron urged EU leaders to prefer European suppliers and back joint eurobonds to boost strategic autonomy, but Germany sharply rejected the eurobond plans.
With replies by 🎓Klaus Adam, 🎓Helmut Reisen, 🎓Andrew Watt +9 more scholars.
French President Emmanuel Macron urged EU leaders to prefer European suppliers and back joint eurobonds to boost strategic autonomy, but Germany sharply rejected the eurobond plans.
With replies by 🎓Klaus Adam, 🎓Helmut Reisen, 🎓Andrew Watt +9 more scholars.
The European Parliament approved new asylum rules allowing member states to deport migrants to "safe third" countries and establish offshore removal centres, drawing warnings from rights groups.
With replies by 🎓Steve Peers, 🎓Laurent Pech +7 more scholars.
The European Parliament approved new asylum rules allowing member states to deport migrants to "safe third" countries and establish offshore removal centres, drawing warnings from rights groups.
With replies by 🎓Steve Peers, 🎓Laurent Pech +7 more scholars.
Child-development experts in Austria warned excessive screen time was increasing autism-like developmental disorders in toddlers and issued a brochure to help parents, while some researchers called the "autism…
With posts by 🎓Steven Pinker +2 more scholars.
Child-development experts in Austria warned excessive screen time was increasing autism-like developmental disorders in toddlers and issued a brochure to help parents, while some researchers called the "autism…
With posts by 🎓Steven Pinker +2 more scholars.
Analysts said global economic growth now hinged on a U.S. artificial intelligence boom, driven by massive tech investment and U.S.–China competition that risks leaving other countries behind.
With replies by 🎓Robert J. Shiller, 🎓Menzie Chinn +17 more scholars.
Analysts said global economic growth now hinged on a U.S. artificial intelligence boom, driven by massive tech investment and U.S.–China competition that risks leaving other countries behind.
With replies by 🎓Robert J. Shiller, 🎓Menzie Chinn +17 more scholars.
Germany, Italy and Belgium pushed a package of deep European Union reforms aimed at full implementation across the EU by the end of 2026, Politico reported.
With replies by 🎓Steve Peers, 🎓Laurent Pech, 🎓David Phinnemore +10 more scholars.
Germany, Italy and Belgium pushed a package of deep European Union reforms aimed at full implementation across the EU by the end of 2026, Politico reported.
With replies by 🎓Steve Peers, 🎓Laurent Pech, 🎓David Phinnemore +10 more scholars.
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas sent EU member states proposals to set conditions for Russia in any peace deal with Ukraine, saying Europe must ensure its demands are reflected.
With replies by 🎓Michael McFaul, 🎓David Phinnemore +12 more scholars.
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas sent EU member states proposals to set conditions for Russia in any peace deal with Ukraine, saying Europe must ensure its demands are reflected.
With replies by 🎓Michael McFaul, 🎓David Phinnemore +12 more scholars.
Ukraine began burying sections of its electrical grid to protect against Russian attacks, after strikes that left more than 95,000 people in the Odesa region without power, officials said.
With replies by 🎓Lithuania, 🎓Maria Snegovaya +12 more scholars.
Ukraine began burying sections of its electrical grid to protect against Russian attacks, after strikes that left more than 95,000 people in the Odesa region without power, officials said.
With replies by 🎓Lithuania, 🎓Maria Snegovaya +12 more scholars.
President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico was seeking to reactivate crude oil shipments to Cuba while pursuing ways to avoid U.S. sanctions after U.S. threats to Cuba’s oil suppliers.
With replies by 🎓Michael D. McDonald, 🎓Vincent Geloso, 🎓Daniela Gabor +11 more scholars.
President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico was seeking to reactivate crude oil shipments to Cuba while pursuing ways to avoid U.S. sanctions after U.S. threats to Cuba’s oil suppliers.
With replies by 🎓Michael D. McDonald, 🎓Vincent Geloso, 🎓Daniela Gabor +11 more scholars.