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When the Pentagon announced that reporters would only be credentialed if they pledged not to report on documents not expressly released by official press handlers, free press advocates, including FAIR, denounced the directive as an assault on the First Amendment. The impact of this rule cannot be understated — anyContinue Reading

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Exclusives End of Ukraine’s “wunderwaffe” drones? Russian turtle tanks eat FPVs as 14 vehicles break through. A large Russian tank force attacked under the cover of bad weather on Monday. Half the force survived—and that might be enough. Russian drones hunted Ukrainian civilians with cameras, then struck. UN now callsContinue Reading

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Ukraine has evidence of Chinese involvement in Russia’s war effort, including the supply of machinery used in weapons production and the presence of Chinese mercenaries on the battlefield, Ukrinform reports. Despite public commitments to neutrality, China maintains close economic and strategic ties withContinue Reading

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World Meteorological Organization dubs slow-moving Melissa the ‘storm of the century’ as Cuba braces for impact., Hurricane Melissa’s winds dipped to a still “powerful” Category 4, as the eye of the storm passed over Jamaica with historic ferocity and barrelled towards Cuba. The US National Hurricane Center said on TuesdayContinue Reading

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Hamed and Rida Aliwa have taken up the responsibility of raising dozens of their grandchildren after losing their sons., Skip links Skip to Content Live Navigation menu News Africa Asia US & Canada Latin America Europe Asia Pacific Middle East Explained Opinion Sport Video Features Economy Human Rights Climate CrisisContinue Reading

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From restoring coral reefs and increasing frogs’ pathogen resistance, to reviving extinct species of wolves and engineering microbes to gobble up industrial pollution, synthetic biology offers novel ways to rewrite natural history. At the same time, it is threatening to erode some of the foundational principles of conservation. The growingContinue Reading