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Many international travellers will soon need to register for an online authorisation before touching down in the UK or many EU…
When Russian scientists released a pair of orphaned Amur tiger cubs into the wild in a remote corner of Russia’s far east in 2014, they were trying to save a species. While the tigers, sometimes called Siberian tigers and the world’s largest…
On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, sparking a devastating war that has caused immense human suffering. In nearly three years of…
Contrary to much of the public debate, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump will not usher in a new era for European security. Instead, his victory only ratifies a shift in U.S. priorities that has been a generation in coming—and that European…
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