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No Choice for Voters in Belarus’ Sham Elections
On January 26, Belarusians will go to the polls for “presidential elections,” an event seen by many as a “sham,” a “no-choice election” (bezvybory), and little more than a ritual for Aliaksandr ...
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UK government’s AI plan gives a glimpse of how it plans to regulate the technology
Sana Zakaria, Research Leader for Emerging Technology and RAND Global Scholar, RAND Europe The UK government recently published its plan for using AI to boost growth and deliver services more ...
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The pope’s memoir, Oscar nominees and a mafia exhibition – what to read, see and do this week
I finally got round to watching Conclave last week. Two hours of Ralph Fiennes and Isabella Rossellini in Oscar-nominated performances alongside Lucian Msamati and a stray papal turtle. The scandals.
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Sexism linked to social ills for men and women, finds largest cross-cultural study of its kind
Berezecka, Professor and Head of the Division of Cross-Cultural and Gender Psychology, University of Gdansk ...
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The Brutalist: an architect’s take on a film about one man’s journey to realise his visionary building
Brady Corbet’s epic is a hymn to one man’s tenacity and vision that explores the interconnected fates of the architect and his buildings.
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Mpox in the DRC: residents of the slum at the centre of Kinshasa’s epidemic have little chance of avoiding this major health crisis
Long known as a virus confined to rural areas, mpox has reached Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Microgravity in space may cause cancer − but on Earth, mimicking weightlessness could help researchers develop treatments
Rather than send lab samples to space, researchers are developing Earth-bound tools to more easily study microgravity’s effects on biology.
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Almost 2 million people in the UK didn’t have the right ID to vote in 2024
The 2024 general election was the first in the UK’s history to be run under a system of voter ID. When heading to the polling station, people could only vote if they proved thei ...
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Red light therapy shows promise for pain relief, inflammation and skin conditions – but other claims might be hyped
For decades, red light therapy has been an adjunct treatment for numerous ailments. But it may not work for all the medical conditions that supporters say it does.
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Pakistan: Authorities pass bill with sweeping controls on social media
Responding to the passage of the Prevention of Electronic Crimes (Amendment) Act 2025 at the National Assembly, Babu Ram Pant, Deputy Regional Director of Campaigns, South Asia, said:  “The latest ...
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The Trumps want you to buy their meme coins, but history should make us cautious about the hype
Just before assuming office as the 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump introduced his meme coin – $Trump. The digital token attracted lots of attention, and a couple of days after its ...
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Trump labels drug cartels as terrorist groups – what it means for Mexico and beyond
Donald Trump returned to the US presidency on January 20 with a flurry of executive orders. This included the designation of criminal gangs and drug cartels operating south of the Mexico border as ...