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Why hasn't the US military used force to secure the Strait of Hormuz?

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A war without accountability: why the Middle East crisis is also a legal quagmire

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Donald Trump's 'new' 15-point plan is the biggest sign yet that Washington fears it is losing this war

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God on their side: how the US, Israel and Iran are all using religion to garner support

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The Olympics' transgender athlete ban is a legal and moral minefield

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A host nation at war with a participant: uncertainty and tension swirl around soccer's World Cup

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French local elections: political scientist on what's next for the hard right and radical left

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The four types of dementia most people don't know exist

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Morgan le Fay was King Arthur's sister – but also a healer, mathematician and murderer

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A million new SpaceX satellites will destroy the night sky — for everyone on Earth

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Going nuclear? Why a growing number of Washington's allies are eyeing an alternative to US umbrella

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Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict is rooted in local border dispute – but the risks extend across the region

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Spain-US rift: Pedro Sánchez' defiance of Trump is dictated by domestic politics – but it's also a litmus test for Europe

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Trump's 'Venezuela solution' to Cuba would see the island nation returned to a client state

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Argentina 50 years on from start of dictatorship – is it forgetting the disappeared?

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Hundreds of hungry mosquitoes, a student volunteer and a mesh suit helped us figure out how these deadly insects reach their targets - David Hu, Georgia Institute of Technology

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Ethiopia's national dialogue was meant to heal the nation, but divisions are deepening

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Moulin Rouge! turns 25: how Baz Luhrmann reinvented the movie musical

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Climate finance has failed Africa twice over – how to fix it

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Largest ever Parkinson's study shows how symptoms differ between men and women

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How China is betting cheap AI will get the world hooked on its tech

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Why global methane levels spiked during COVID lockdowns

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What a US military base lost under Greenland's ice sheet reveals about the island's real strategic importance

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The American fixation on white Afrikaners in South Africa stretches back nearly a century

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Three scientists speak about what it's like to have research funding cut by the Trump administration

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Two verdicts in two days: How American courts are rewriting the rules for Big Tech and children -- Carolina Rossini, UMass Amherst

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Israel wants to destroy Iran's nuclear program. But should it have nuclear weapons itself? -- Marianne Hanson, The University of Queensland

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