Record drop in price of Russian oil due to US sanctions leads to return of budget deficit — Novaya Gazeta Europe
Russia’s federal budget once again ran a deficit in October, with expenditure exceeding revenue by some 400 billion…
Nuclear Startup Fermi Invokes Manhattan Project in AI Race
US efforts to develop artificial intelligence systems and the nuclear-energy infrastructure needed to power them are comparable to…
Leo Woodall on ‘Nuremberg’ and telling a true story with respect
Rising star Leo Woodall portrays a real person for the first time in his WWII movie ‘Nuremberg.’ ‘Nuremberg’…
The BBC’s fight with Trump couldn’t have come at a worse time – POLITICO
Both the right-wing Conservatives and Reform insist they have no desire to destroy the BBC. “There is a…
China lifts ban on exports of some dual-use materials to the US – POLITICO
China suspended a ban on exporting some dual-use materials to the U.S., the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced…
Trump’s secretary of defense takes on the military industrial complex. (Guess who’s likely to win?)
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Metsera Weight-Loss Drug Shows ‘Excellent’ Tolerability in Study
Metsera Inc.’s next-generation weight-loss drug showed good tolerability with few participants dropping out of a mid-stage trial, adding…
Lynsey Addario: ‘There Was Never a World in Which I Would Not Do This Work’
Lynsey Addario on assignment in Iridimi Refugee Camp, Wadi Fira, Chad. (National Geographic/Caitlin Kelly) Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Lynsey…
Crisis in Sudan pushes South Sudan refugee response to breaking point, Christian ministry says
Christian Aid has recorded a sharp increase in refugee arrivals, including returnees who had fled South Sudan’s own…
The U.S. debt is at a record $38 trillion. How will you be affected?
The U.S. government’s gross national debt – the total amount of money owed its creditors and other financial…
Russia’s Lukoil to sell off foreign assets as US sanctions bite – POLITICO
A former Lukoil executive, granted anonymity to speak freely, said the move could see the company’s revenues and…
‘House of Dynamite’ Nuclear Missile Defense Fail Has Pentagon Worried
The plot of A House of Dynamite, the new thriller from Academy Award winner Kathryn Bigelow, hinges on…