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Most people know Chuck Norris, who died on Friday at age 86, as the inspiration for Chuck Norris Facts — the handle for a thousand jokes about his supposed fearsomeness and indestructability. But jokes aside, the karate champion turned actor was a moral scold with bizarro reactionary beliefs and zero senseContinue Reading

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Civilian targets have been struck by all three warring parties., Civilian targets have been struck by all three warring parties. Schools and hospitals bombed; strikes on apartment buildings; energy facilities targeted and attacks on neighbouring states. Have Israel, the United States and Iran broken international law in the war? OrContinue Reading

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Israel’s far-right finance minister says Litani River must be ‘the new Israeli border’, as attacks on Lebanon ramp up., Israel’s far-right finance minister says Litani River must be ‘the new Israeli border’, as attacks on Lebanon ramp up. Israel’s far-right minister of finance, Bezalel Smotrich, has urged his country toContinue Reading

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OPINION — Since U.S. and Israeli strikes began against Iranian military and nuclear infrastructure in late February, two wars have been running simultaneously. One is kinetic. The other involves something the world has not fully reckoned with: the systematic use of artificial intelligence to manufacture reality, at scale, in realContinue Reading

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OPINION — For much of its history, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has been portrayed as a unified military bloc bound by common values and collective defense. In reality, NATO has always been closer to a pragmatic partnership, an alliance shaped as much by disagreement and national interests asContinue Reading

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An unidentified drone crossed the Lithuanian border from the direction of Belarus overnight on 22–23 March and crashed near the village of Lavišas in the Varėna district, Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT reports. The wreckage, including an internal combustion engine, has since been recovered. Surveillance footage shows the incident occurred atContinue Reading

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Ukraine has obtained intelligence that Russia intends to deploy four ground-based control stations for long-range drones on Belarusian territory, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on 23 March, citing a briefing from the head of Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence (GUR), Oleh Ivashchenko. Zelenskyy disclosed the information in a post on his Telegram channel.Continue Reading