People march with a banner that reads in Spanish ‘Stop the adjustment, out with the IMF,’ in Buenos Aires, Argentina on May 9, 2023.
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With no clear winner in last weekend’s election, Turks will again go to the polls in a run-off elections between President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and challenger Kamal Kilicdaroglu.
The infighting is dangerous for the Kremlin. It’s becoming harder for Vladimir Putin to dissociate himself from serious errors of judgement on the battlefield in Ukraine.
First reports: an image taken from a video purporting to be a damaged building in the Belgorod region, Russia, Monday, May 22, 2023.
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There’s a 98% chance of a record hot year by 2028, and a 66% chance of exceeding the 1.5°C threshold for at least that year, according to the latest World Meteorological Organization update.
No one can say Australian sport is worse off without tobacco ads. We can protect a new generation of young sports fans from harm by following other nations’ lead – and phasing out gambling ads.
Thousands of cannabis-derived products are now on the market.
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Researchers are working to determine how and which cannabis products can help those suffering from chronic pain or serious illness. But science is having a hard time keeping up with the booming market.
Joe Biden doesn’t need to be popular to win the 2024 election – he just needs his opponent to be more unpopular.
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It doesn’t make for inspiring politics, but political scientists have determined that for candidates, it’s more valuable to have an unpopular opponent than to be personally popular yourself.
Palestinians leave their Jerusalem neighborhood during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
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Not only is it important to ask questions and find the answers, as a scientist I felt obligated to communicate with the world what we were learning
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The classically trained jazz pianist fled dictatorship in Ethiopia.
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