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The danger of US-Iran ceasefire agreement is what it leaves out
A strong deal would build in real penalties for going back to war: automatic, reversible costs that fall on anyone who restarts the fighting.
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What are supermassive black holes? Everything you need to know – and what astronomers are still learning – about these mysterious objects
Black holes are a mainstay in sci-fi movies. How do these massive black holes, spread throughout our universe, actually work in real life?
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What 20 million bans reveal about the strain on Wikipedia’s volunteers
Wikipedia has grown steadily in size and importance, but a shrinking core of volunteer administrators is straining the organization.
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Students branch out and climb trees to learn up close how to care for them and why they help cities flourish
Cities benefit from trees, which can cool concrete sprawls and improve air quality.
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I have spent the past 6 months reading hundreds of poems by young people – I was surprised to find hope, not despair
Young poets wrestled with loneliness, fractured families, violence and other challenges – but also showed an unwillingness to surrender to despair.
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The art of literary translation exposes the limits of AI
AI-powered translation tools are certainly impressive. But there is an important frontier for translation technology, one AI might never be able to breach: the poem.
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US Supreme Court opens the courthouse door to lawsuits tied to Cuba’s property seizures 6 decades after the fact
One law generally shields foreign governments and companies they own from lawsuits in US courts. Another lets many Cuban cases proceed, according to a new ruling.
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If Europe wants to ‘go it alone’ on security, countries need to learn to sing from the same songsheet
Splits are appearing in Europe’s approach to Russia’s aggression just when it needs to present a united front.
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Hockey Night in Canada: It’s game over for NHL hockey on CBC, but a new era beckons
There’s a historical relationship between CBC and Canada’s game, and there are opportunities ahead despite the end of ‘Hockey Night in Canada.’
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The international legal order is broken: 2 key shifts needed to fix it
Most states know that without widely understood and accepted international laws and principles it would be harder to resolve their disagreements peacefully.