Kosovo Force and Kosovo Border Police conduct a joint patrol on the administrative boundary line between Kosovo and Serbia.
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Russia’s backing of Serbia during the Ukraine war is aggravating tensions with its neighbour Kosovo.
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Continually innovating disrupts processes that make it difficult for restaurants that champion it to be consistent and efficient.
Many people in Turkey believe in a conspiracy theory about the 1923 Lausanne treaty.
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Around 43% of university graduates in Turkey believe a conspiracy theory that secret clauses are about to be revealed from a 100-year-old treaty.
Against quantum cyber attacks, one can use smarter softwares, or encrypt communications differently in terms of hardware.
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To protect against future quantum cyber attacks, two technological paths are being explored. Decryption.
Is the EU’s new legislation a coup de grâce or a promise of transition for sensitive sectors in fragile countries, such as the steel industry in Bosnia-Herzegovina?
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Already lacking the means to decarbonise their industry or turn to greener alternatives, poor countries could also be deprived of revenues from exports to Europe.
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The immortal jellyfish ‘Turritopsis dohrnii’ is capable of escaping death. The molecular keys involved in its longevity have been revealed by researchers at the University of Oviedo.
October 16, 2014: Russian President seen through the soldiers during the military parade March of the victorious in Belgrade.
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Are Russian elites playing a bigger role in the war than we give them credit for?
Pádraic (Colin Farrell) with his companion, Jenny the little donkey.
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Award season favourite The Banshees of Inisherin is a compelling exploration of justice and the chaotic extremes some will go to to get it.
Vaginal and anal speculum were used by the ancient Greeks and Romans.
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Speculums can be painful and invasive for many women.
Worker unrest has been surging around the world.
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With real wages in many countries having been stagnant for years, the inflation surge has brought unions back to life.
More people moved into Scandinavia in Viking times than at any other time period analysed in the study.
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DNA analysis reveals a large migration of people into Scandinavia during Viking times.
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Nutritionists pick out the most effective intermittent fasting diets based on the latest science.
If Joe Biden wins a second term in 2024 he will be 86 by the time he steps down.
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It’s not just a problem of leadership – ageing politicians tend to dominate around the world.
Daily trading is worth around $3.7 trillion in London compared to $200 billion in Paris.
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Although Paris’s capitalisation overtook London’s in late 2022, the City of London is still Europe’s leading financial centre. Understanding why will require that we look beyond stock indices.
Toxoplasma gondii cyst hosted in a mouse’s brain.
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Toxoplasma is a protozoan, a single-celled organism so small that it lodges inside the cells of animals (one in three humans) and modifies their behaviour.
Dora Maar and Pablo Picasso on the beach, summer 1937. Photograph by Eileen Agar.
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Dora Maar was an outstanding photographer but her work has been overshadowed by the fact that she was Pablo Picasso’s partner.
Energy price crisis.
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Government attempts to manage energy prices could actually create more volatility in oil and gas markets.
National identity: despite Moscow’s best efforts, Ukrainians are increasingly looking to the west for their future.
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Moscow’s fears that Ukraine was turning towards the west prompted the invasion. This has backfired dramatically.
A Turkish barbers’ shop in Berlin, where there’s a large Turkish community.
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Four-fifths of the first-generation Turkish men who came to Europe as guest-workers and ended up settling there lived below an income poverty line.
The Catholic funeral of IRA volunteer Martin Hurson who died after 46 days on hunger strike at Long Kesh prison in 1981.
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In a fraught and complex situation the Catholic Church sought to mediate the conflict where it could, but drew much ire and criticism for not doing enough.