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Foreign Affairs
America and 18 other nations agree to free digital trade agreement
“For years, governments have mostly agreed not to put tariffs on digital trade, meaning countries do not tax cross-border downloads,…
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Law and Government
Despite Freedom of Information Act, agencies routinely withhold information, even information they used to make public
A federal agency intended to withhold most of the information it could have released under the Freedom of Information Act.…
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The mountain bongo returns to Kenyan forests
“Mountain bongo antelope are returning to Kenya’s forests after nearly disappearing from the wild. The Associated Press reports that fewer…
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Tetanus eradicated among newborns prior to civil war
Prior to their current civil wars, the African nations of Sudan and South Sudan had “eliminated maternal and neonatal tetanus,…
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Foreign Affairs
Malaria deaths fall 44 percent in Burkina Faso
In war-torn Burkina Faso, there has been “a major drop in malaria cases and deaths,” due to a malaria vaccine…
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Business
Japan uses humanoid robots as baggage handlers
“Japan Airlines is testing humanoid robots as baggage handlers at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport, starting with the hard physical work of…
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Unyielding
Asiatic wild ass makes a comeback in Mongolia
“The Asiatic wild ass, which vanished from Mongolia’s Eastern Steppe in the mid-20th century after the Trans-Mongolian Railway fenced off…
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Unyielding
Earless dragon comes back from the verge of extinction in Victoria
“Until recently, the Victorian grassland earless dragon was thought to be extinct after farms and suburbs destroyed almost all of…
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Foreign Affairs
UN mistakenly claims drones are causing most deaths in Sudanese civil war
The United Nations is blaming most civilian deaths in Sudan on drones. In reality, hunger is the main killer, not…
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Law and Government
Murder rate drops 40% in Jamaica, but remains very high
“Jamaica recorded 673 murders in 2025, the lowest number since 1993 and a 40 percent drop from the year before.…
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Unyielding
Australia eliminates leading infectious cause of blindness
“Australia has eliminated trachoma as a public health problem. While the disease was already rare in most of the country,…
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Science and Technology
World record set in producing fresh water from sea water
“A desalination plant in Saudi Arabia has set a new desalination efficiency record: a reverse-osmosis unit at the Yanbu complex…
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Unyielding
Sodium-ion battery production is growing
“The Chinese battery manufacturer CATL has signed the world’s largest sodium-ion battery deal to date, which will supply 60 gigawatt-hours…
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Science and Technology
Weight-loss drug cuts alcohol abuse
“A recently published randomized controlled trial found that the GLP-1 drug semaglutide substantially reduced alcohol consumption in heavy drinkers compared…
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Science and Technology
Heat-resistant corals discovered
“Scientists have found some remarkably heat-resistant corals near the Houtman Abrolhos archipelago off Western Australia. During an extreme 2025 marine…
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Mussels proliferate at Virginia Beach
“Ribbed mussels are proliferating along Virginia Beach. These aren’t the kind of mussels you’d order at a restaurant, but ecologists…
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Science and Technology
Two million tons of lithium could be mined in the Appalachians
“The United States Geological Survey recently estimated that there are over 2 million metric tons of undiscovered, economically recoverable lithium…
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Foreign Affairs
India and New Zealand sign free trade agreement
“India and New Zealand have signed a free trade agreement, making all Indian exports to New Zealand duty-free and cutting…
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Foreign Affairs
Drones strike country’s capital from hundreds of miles away
Rebels in Sudan struck that country’s capital using drones, from hundreds of miles away. “A drone strike carried out by…
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Business
Internet access now feasible even in the most remote regions on Earth
“Thanks to satellite constellations, humanity now has the technical ability to provide internet connection anywhere on Earth. The biggest remaining…
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Education
Penn State may eliminate 49 majors
Penn State University may eliminate 49 of its undergraduate majors this fall, as a cost-cutting measure, reports The College Fix.…
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Business
Artificial intelligence now does most of Google’s coding, reducing need for more software engineers
75 percent of Google’s new code is generated by artificial intelligence, up from 50 percent in the fall of 2025,…
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Science and Technology
Robot sets world record for half-marathon
“Last year, Beijing hosted a half marathon for both humanoid robots and humans. The robots performed poorly, with the fastest…
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Science and Technology
FDA approves gene therapy for a type of inherited deafness
“The FDA has approved a gene therapy for a form of congenital deafness caused by a faulty OTOF gene. The…
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Science and Technology
Desalination helps farmers, prevents water shortage
“Desalination in California is helping reduce pressure on the Colorado River. By adding new supply, notably from the Carlsbad Desalination Plant…
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Business
Office workers swelter due to energy shortage
Without air conditioning, it is very hard to work in the middle of the day in hot Southeast Asian countries…
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Unyielding
Przewalski’s horses go from zero to 900 in China
“Forty years after their reintroduction, there are now over 900 Przewalski’s horses in China, some of which are living in…
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Science and Technology
Eight thousand lives are saved annually by improved organ harvesting methods
“Organ donations have surged in the United States, partly thanks to improved harvesting methods. Until recently, most organs came from…
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Business
Geothermal power expands and gets deeper
“Quaise Energy, a geothermal power company, has announced it is building a prototype “superhot” geothermal power plant in Oregon. Their…
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Unyielding
Salmon spawn at double last year’s rate in key region
“Thanks to habitat restoration efforts, Central California Coast coho salmon have enjoyed a run of fruitful spawning migrations. In 2025,…
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Unyielding
Dozens of sloths die in cold weather in Florida
“Dozens of sloths” destined for a Florida “slotharium” died in an unheated Orlando warehouse waiting to be transferred to the…
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Science and Technology
Drug for metastatic pancreatic cancer doubles survival time
“A new drug for metastatic pancreatic cancer nearly doubled survival time in a phase 3 trial, with patients living for…
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Amazon rainforest is more drought-resistant than thought
“Another rainforest study finds that the Amazon may be more drought-resistant than previously assumed. The researchers argue that most studies…
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Education
Proposed Education Department rule would cut off financial aid to worthless degrees
On April 17, the Education Department proposed a rule that would strip federal student loan eligibility from college programs whose…
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Cleared land turns back into rainforest
“Around the world, rising crop yields are allowing agricultural land to be returned to nature, but how long does it…
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Economy
Texas grid operator says peak electricity use could quadruple, the equivalent of 300 new nuclear reactors
“The Texas grid operator published a dramatic projection for power demand through 2032, based on proposed data-center construction in the…
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