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China and the U.S. change approaches to foreign aid : NPR
China’s first batch of emergency humanitarian aid to Myanmar is loaded onto an airplane in Beijing in March 2025. In response to a request from the Myanmar government, China gave emergency humanitarian aid to support earthquake relief efforts. Chen Yehua/Xinhua via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Chen Yehua/Xinhua via Getty Images Foreign aid has long been a way for…
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Man stabbed to death in Hyderabad’s Moosapet
Representative Image Hyderabad: A man was murdered at Moosapet in the city on Wednesday, February 25. The police have identified the deceased as Shankar (48) from Karnataka. He had been working in a hotel in Moosapet for the past two years. The accused attacked him and stabbed him to death with knives while he was walking near the bridge in…
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“Nirvanna: The Band – the Show
Looking for a movie to begin my spring semester Amherst Cinema viewings, I discovered “Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie”, wondering, first, why they spelled Nirvana in that way, and second, what it may be about, as the synopsis provided little information and literally ended with: “…blah blah blah.” After learning that it was based in and dedicated to…
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Pharmacists call for medicine review program to be expanded
When fire brigade officer Colin O’Rourke left hospital after a heart procedure, he ended up on 32 different medications. Not all of them agreed with him. “When I got home, I felt that the meds were having adverse side effects … I was suffering from nausea and vomiting,” he said. “I ended up back in [hospital] and spent the…
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Inside El Mencho’s arsenal: high-powered arms, 400 gunmen, land mines
MEXICO CITY — “El Mencho,” the powerful drug lord the Mexican army killed in a daring raid, had created what security experts say was one of the most advanced security operations devised to protect a cartel boss. His system relied on high-powered weaponry, nearly 400 gunmen, bomb-delivering drones and, sometimes, land mines. Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, 59, who was fatally wounded when…
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Ukraine’s war machine evolves into machine war
KYIV, Ukraine — The army that stopped Russia’s march on Kyiv four years ago no longer exists. Outmanned and outgunned by a nuclear power in the largest land war in Europe since 1945, Ukraine’s front line is increasingly held not by soldiers, but by machines and the skeleton crews that control them. Commanders describe brigades hollowed out to half strength…
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Every Sci-Fi & Fantasy Movie Based on Richard Matheson Books
Richard Matheson may have primarily been known as the writer of I Am Legend, but he was also so much more than that single sci-fi horror masterpiece. He made other noteworthy contributions to those genres as well as the thriller and war genres. This includes both in novel and short story forms as well as on the screen. To that…
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Astronomers Witness Unprecedented Cosmic Explosion Linked to a “Missing” Black Hole
Artist’s impression of the Einstein Probe satellite catching an intermediate black hole, tearing apart a white dwarf, and producing a relativistic jet. Credit: Einstein Probe Science Center, National Astronomical Observatories, CAS / Sci Visual A newly detected X-ray transient may reveal the first direct evidence of an intermediate-mass black hole consuming a white dwarf. A newly observed cosmic outburst is…
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State of the Union address: Trump arrives at US Capitol as dozens of Democrats plan boycott – live updates | State of the Union address
Trump arrives at the US Capitol Donald Trump has arrived at the US Capitol, where he’s set to address a joint session of Congress in a few minutes. We’ll bring you the latest as it happens. Share Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature First lady Melania Trump just walked into the House…
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Four years after invading Ukraine, Russia is isolated and broken – but not done
Four years ago, before the Russian tanks thundered toward Kyiv, Russian gas was still flowing freely to Germany and the rest of Europe. In Russian cities such as Kaluga, factories producing European vehicles were fully operational; Russian oligarchs were enjoying the good life in their mansions across the continent; and President Vladimir Putin was meddling in European politics as if…
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