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Is Israel planning to reoccupy the Gaza Strip? This is what's happening behind the 'yellow line'

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Ebola may have spread beyond Africa. How are health authorities responding?

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In Iran war's shadow, Israel's renewed Lebanon campaign risks repeating failed lessons – and occupations – of the past

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Israeli forces capture Lebanon's Beaufort Castle, a Crusade-era site once held by the Knights Templar

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The 1994 World Cup helped rescue 'the beautiful game' from mediocrity. On its return to the US, expect more of that beauty -- Cesar R. Torres, Penn State

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The World Cup and human trafficking: What the research reveals about the real risks at major sporting events -- Kathleen Murray Preble, University of Texas at Arlington and Jennifer E. O'Brien, University of Texas at Arlington

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Mysterious signals keep coming from space. We have found their 'Rosetta stone'

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Maps are powerful political tools shaping a nation's past, present and future – counter maps allow everyday people to reclaim the narrative

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Trump's call to expand Abraham accords is destined to fail

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Rice feeds billions of people – but its role in fueling climate change is growing

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What is 'cycle syncing', and how might it affect menstruation? -- Emmalee Ford, University of Sydney

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Hantavirus, COVID, norovirus, legionnaires': why are cruise ships so prone to disease outbreaks? -- Vikram Niranjan, University of Limerick

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How scientists changed their view of insomnia -- Iuliana Hartescu, Loughborough University

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When AI giants go public, will ordinary investors know if they are along for the ride?

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Elon Musk sued OpenAI and lost. But the core question of the case remains unanswered

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De-extinction company says it's made an artificial egg – if true, it could help save living species

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China's ability to weather Trump's trade war was two decades in the making -- Gemma Ware, The Conversation

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Apple chief executive Tim Cook resigns after 15 years. What's next for the tech giant? -- Rajat Roy, Bond University

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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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Our Large Hadron Collider results hint at undiscovered physics -- William Barter, University of Edinburgh and Mark Smith, Imperial College London

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