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The United States and its allies and partners are confronting new challenges in irregular warfare from both nonstate actors and great power competitors such as China and Russia. The renewal of great power competition holds significant implications for irregular warfare and the future of U.S. and allied special operations forces.How will irregular warfare evolve to meet future challenges posed by …
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Policymakers in Beijing said they would take more proactive fiscal measures next year to boost domestic spending.

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'Lee Anderson MP who, famously, fought at the Battle of the Somme and is 126 years old.'

Note to readers: The post formerly titled ‘Smartphone Chemistry: An Embarrassment of Riches‘ was poorly titled and has been disappeared. This is an updated version and one titled more appropriately. The modern smartphone is made from many different chemical elements, some much more scarce than others. The elements found in a smartphone are distributed around […]

Customers of fintechs affected by Synapse's bankruptcy have been waiting since May for money they had in their accounts, and $65 million to $85 million still appears to be missing.

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Day-Night Tests have been by far the most challenging of the twirls that international cricket has seen in terms of preparation, the condition under lights, the depth perception and the mental scars on the batters for an experience which usually is short-lived but enthralling in equal measure

With hyperrealistic AI video generator Sora, OpenAI includes guardrails against generating likenesses of real people, violence and more.

Refresher: USA Men Win Group C Qualifier over Japan, head to WBSC World Cup in 2025

India's recent economic slowdown has prompted a reassessment of growth strategies. Sluggish private consumption and investment, alongside global challenges, necessitate a shift. While public investment spurred initial recovery, the focus must now turn to private sector revival through monetary policy adjustments and supply-side reforms spearheaded by states.

DMK MP Tiruchi Siva raised concerns in Raja Sabha about his party colleague facing questioning by security. Meanwhile, BJP MP Anurag Thakur is organizing a cricket match between MPs to promote a drug-free India. Gujarat Congress Seva Dal president sparked controversy with remarks about BJP's social composition, drawing criticism from within his party.

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Austin City Council will no longer vote this week on potentially spending hundreds of millions of dollars to kickstart work on capping Interstate 35, based on a council memo shared on Thursday.

Days after its claims were rejected by a U.S. federal appeals court, TikTok is asking for a pause on a new law set to take place next month that would ban the social media app unless sold by its parent company.

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A woman was critically wounded in a shooting after a man broke into her home Sunday morning in Rogers Park on the North Side.

The mansion at 25 Riverside Drive comes with opulent decor and plenty of history -- including a shady past.

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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, Bill Lawrence could have never imagined that he'd have the opportunity to work with Harrison Ford one day.

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Apple’s Vision Pro headset hasn’t caught the imagination of the world’s gamers, a failing which may be at least partly down to the fact that it doesn’t support any dedicated VR gaming controllers. You can use PS5 and Xbox controllers with the headset, but it doesn’t support third-party grip accessories designed specifically for VR content. And Apple decided not to make any such accessories of its own.

It’s possible that Apple didn’t view Vision Pro as being primarily a gaming device (or that... Читать дальше...

Fences are an effective stationary method of corralling livestock, but their sharp borders can create sudden changes in native grassland vegetation and the pollinators and birds that live there. Virtual, GPS-based fences may be the nature-friendly future of fencing, creating more natural grassland habitat, finds new research.