Global News
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Cairo to Kyiv: Social media's rocky ride through conflict zones
The Ukraine war marks the expansion of social media in conflicts from a tool of the outsider to a genuinely ubiquitous presence. But the tortuous history of its relations with protest movements and governments—from 2011's Arab Spring to Myanmar today—suggests Ukraine will have to fight to hold on to its gains
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The Oscars are back—busy and punchy
The awardscast opened bold and boisterous, determined to show that the movie business could still put on a show. Despite its theme "Movie Lovers Unite," for Chris Rock and Will Smith, the reunion was more dramatic—and painful—than the academy could have planned or wanted
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As Russia-Ukraine war moves into month two, fears grow of Mariupol's fall
Russian forces have largely failed in their first aim to take the largest cities and have narrowed immediate targets to the sieges of the southern port city of Mariupol and the strategically placed city of Chernihiv in the north
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Why the US can't quickly wean Europe from Russian gas
But energy experts said that building enough terminals on both sides of the Atlantic to significantly expand U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, to Europe could take two to five years
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For Madhuri Dixit, 'The Fame Game' felt familiar if not the medium
In an interview last month, Dixit discussed the pervasive nature of stardom and the changes Bollywood has undergone during her career
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China, Solomon Islands draft secret security pact, raising alarm in the Pacific
Although it is marked as a draft and cites a need for "social order" as a justification for sending Chinese forces, it has set off alarms throughout the Pacific, where concerns about China's intentions have been growing for years
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The respectful US Supreme Court hearing that wasn't
The aggressively hostile interrogation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson marred what could have been not only a reset for the Senate, but a significant national moment in seeing the first Black woman ascend to the pinnacle of American jurisprudence with strong support
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NASA plans to give SpaceX company on the moon
It won't just be SpaceX going to the moon if NASA officials get their wish. That could be a boon to the space dreams of Jeff Bezos
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Russia war led to Ukraine's humanitarian crisis. Now it wants UNSC to help without ownership
U.N. Security Council rejected a Russian resolution on Ukraine's suffering that did not mention the invasion
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Globalisation and its tenets are losing favor in the world
When the Cold War ended, governments and companies believed that stronger global economic ties would lead to greater stability. But the Ukraine war and the pandemic are pushing the world in the opposite direction and upending those ideas
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World no. 1 Ashleigh Barty retiring from tennis at just 25
In a stunning move, Barty, the No. 1-ranked women's player who won the Australian Open in January announced Wednesday that she was leaving tennis for other pursuits. It's not the first time she's taken a break from tennis but it is the first time she's announced retirement