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US submarines are outnumbered in the Pacific. South Korea has a plan to help
Seoul, South Korea — South Korea wants to join the undersea naval elite – and has received the blessing of US President Donald Trump to do just that. Having Seoul become the seventh country in the world operating nuclear-powered submarines – joining the United States, Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom and India – could be a win-win. South Korea…
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What is data exclusivity, and how government push may hit availability of cheap, generic drugs | Explained News
The Indian government appears to be considering implementing “data exclusivity” in the pharmaceutical drugs sector after rejecting demands for the provision during trade deal negotiations with the UK and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA). The lack of a data exclusivity provision is what has given India’s pharmaceutical industry, which thrives on marketing cheaper generics, its edge in the global…
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In rebel-held Myanmar, civilians flee junta airstrikes and a forced election
Yogita LimayeSouth Asia and Afghanistan correspondent in Myanmar Aamir Peerzada/BBC Iang Za Kim had to flee her home after the junta launched air strikes nearby Late one night last month Iang Za Kim heard explosions in a neighbouring village, then fighter jets flying overhead. She ran out of her home to see smoke rising from a distance. “We were terrified.…
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‘Home Alone 2’ nailed holiday travel chaos, but flight rules make movie’s plot less plausible today :: WRAL.com
Panic erupts in the McCallister household as soon as the day begins. The parents’ alarm clock never rings, bags and coats spill across the floor, and the family barrels out the door to catch a flight to Florida. The pandemonium intensifies at the airport. There, the McCallisters must dodge fellow holiday travelers and luggage as they sprint to their gate…
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Dangers of Open Drug Markets: How Medicines Lose Potency
Open drug markets contribute significantly to the circulation of counterfeit medicines, posing a serious threat to public health. Beyond the sale of banned, expired, falsified and substandard drugs, PUNCH Healthwise investigations across three major open drug markets in the country, Idumota, Aba and Onitsha, revealed that warehouses and shops in these markets lack the facilities needed to preserve the quality…
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Trump takes revenge on Colorado in defense of election grifter Tina Peters
I often ask myself — either because it’s my job or I’m just that neurotic — why Donald Trump hasn’t yet sent the National Guard into Denver to, uh, clean up the city. Or if not Denver, at least Aurora, which Trump has repeatedly claimed to be in thrall of Venezuelan gangs. Are we not as Guardsman-worthy as L.A. or…
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Mamata Banerjee to hold meeting with TMC’s BLA on Monday
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is set to hold an important meeting with the Trinamool Congress booth-level agents (BLAs) at Kolkata’s Netaji Indoor Stadium on Monday. According to a senior Trinamool Congress leader, the Chief Minister will hold a meeting with selected BLAs from Kolkata and surrounding districts. BLAs from 11 Assembly constituencies in Kolkata, as well as…
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HC to hear ED plea challenging relief to Sonia, Rahul
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court is slated to hear on Monday a criminal revision petition filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging a trial court order that refused to take cognisance of its money laundering complaint against Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and others in the alleged National Herald case.…
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What it takes to film 60 Minutes on Mount Everest
In December 2024, 60 Minutes producer Jacqueline Williams had read an article about Nima Rinji Sherpa, a 19-year-old mountaineer from a family of Sherpas, Nepalese mountain guides who have lived and worked on Mount Everest for generations. The mountain climber had recently become the youngest person to summit the world’s 14 highest mountains. “I thought… ‘This kid is pretty interesting.’…
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10 Most Grounded Science Fiction Movies, Ranked
Most sci-fi aims to be striking and flashy, dealing in juicy concepts and big special effects. Grounded science fiction, by contrast, is more character-focused, with smaller stakes, more subtle speculative concepts, and usually a more metaphorical or allegorical approach. These movies typically take one speculative idea and anchor it firmly in human emotions. With this in mind, this list ranks…
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