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Iran: Protest held outside hospital following airstrike

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Voices - Alaska's glacial lakes are expanding, increasing the risk of floods - March 10 (UPI) -- Alaska's glacial lakes are expanding, increasing the risk of destructive outburst floods, a Colorado State University researcher warns.

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War brings uncertainty and higher energy costs to weakening economy

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How Instagram addictiveness lawsuit could reshape social media

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Startups and tech in Latin America

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Is an Iran bomb now inevitable? -- Five days into this latest war between Israel and its American partner and Iran has raised the most profound and exquisitely unanswerable questions.

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Strategic implications of the war in Iran for Latin America -- This article offers an early look at possible strategic consequences for Latin America as a result of the U.S.-Israel joint operation in Iran.

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Relationality: We are the conversations we keep -- The most fundamental human act, communication, is entering a crisis that is reshaping human relationality. The stakes are not merely cultural.

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Central America's next integration project: cheaper capital -- Central America's next practical gain may come from harmonizing the rules and routines that shape government borrowing costs and how risk is assessed.

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Trump's long State of the Union sent a shorter message to the Americas -- Washington is returning to a familiar playbook of border enforcement and narcotics pressure, paired with a hard-nosed, deal-focused diplomacy.

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The net zero financing race: Brazil and Mexico attract cheaper capital -- As Western investors and Chinese lenders compete, one factor is determining who builds Latin America's clean-energy future: the cost of capital.

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Before attacking, know that Iranians are Persians, too -- If the Trump administration should chose to attack Iran, it should be understood this may not be Venezuela and Maduro or Midnight Hammer.

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50 years ago, the Supreme Court broke campaign finance regulation -- In 2024, spending on federal elections totaled almost $15 billion in the United States. The United Kingdom, in contrast, spent about $129 million.

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Marketing AI algorithms could affect your views on warfare -- AI systems that try to influence your purchases can also be used to infer what you fear, what you trust and which stories you are likely to believe.

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China isn't retreating in Latin America -- it's recalibrating -- In its America First National Security Strategy, the Trump administration has signaled an intention to push back against the influence of adversaries.

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Why the 2026 EU-Mercosur deal matters -- and why it might still fail -- The Association Agreement between the European Union and Mercosur may prove to be one of the most consequential interregional accords of this decade.

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EU-India relations just hit a peak -- Washington should take note -- If there was any doubt that Brussels and New Delhi are entering a new era, the 16th EU-India Summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi erased it.

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Political risk and the cost of capital: Venezuela, Ecuador and Uruguay -- Expropriations, abrupt regulatory shifts, weak institutions and policy reversals do not merely create uncertainty: They increase a country's risk.

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Preventing Armageddon amid fears of a nuclear arms race -- The expiration of the New START treaty last week -- long the framework limiting both nations to 1,550 warheads in 700 launchers -- has renewed fears of an emerging nuclear arms race.

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In the age of AI, Latin America must choose: Sovereignty or dependence -- Latin America stands at the threshold of a transformation it is not yet prepared to navigate: the growing influence of artificial intelligence.

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Peru between China and the United States: A strategic crossroads -- Peru is increasingly being viewed as the center of the growing strategic competition between China and the United States in Latin America.

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