Republican political activist Charlie Kirk was killed as he spoke at a Utah Valley University event on September 10. Just three months earlier, Minnesotan House Democrat Melissa Hortman and her husband were shot and killed by a masked…
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Here’s what octopuses use each of their eight tentacles for
While humans typically favour a dominant hand, new research reveals that octopuses, despite…
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Russo-Belarusian military drills trigger concern in Baltics – DW – 09/11/2025
A no-man’s-land only about 15 meters [16 yards] wide forms the border between Lithuania and Belarus, a close ally of Russia. Two metal fences line the 600-kilometer-long strip of land. The one on the Lithuanian side is topped with barbed wire….
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NATO Prepares Defensive Military Response After Drone Incident in Poland
NATO is preparing a “defensive military response” as part of its deterrence measures on the eastern flank after drones entered Polish airspace, Bloomberg reports. A source told the agency that the alliance is also expected…
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How the Epstein scandal claimed Britain’s ‘Prince of Darkness’ – POLITICO
First he quit as trade and industry secretary over an undeclared loan he took from a wealthy colleague to buy a London house. Mandelson was later invited back as Northern Ireland secretary only to quit after it became known he had intervened…
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Zapad against the West: How Europe should read the Russian-Belarusian military drills
The announcement of Zapad 2025, a joint Russian–Belarusian exercise scheduled in Belarus between September 12th and 16th, has revived an unpleasant European memory—the 2021 drills simulated offensive operations…
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Between Washington and Beijing: How Europe fits into US-China strategic competition
The Trump administration’s aggressive trade policies and skepticism toward traditional security alliances have placed considerable pressure on relations between the United States and the European…
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Russians to Vote in Regional Elections the Kremlin Can’t Fully Script
Nearly 50,000 government positions will be up for grabs across 80 Russian regions this week in the country’s fifth wartime elections.
Some 55 million Russian citizens will be able to cast their…
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Orthodox Faith with Soviet Aesthetics: What a Rare Moscow Parade Says About Power in Russia
The September 7 religious procession from Christ the Savior Cathedral to Novodevichy Convent, led by Patriarch Kirill, deserves scrutiny not for what it revealed about Orthodox faith, but for what it exposed about power in contemporary…
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Fake news after Russian drones downed in Poland – DW – 09/11/2025
Poland’s armed forces shot down Russian drones after they violated national airspace during an attack on Ukraine overnight into Wednesday. Shortly after the incident, videos and images that purport to depict the incident have circulated online,…
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