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Deadly virus samples went missing from lab in ‘major biosecurity breach,’ say authorities

3 mn readHundreds of deadly virus samples are missing from a laboratory in Australia, the Queensland government announced on Monday. The government has instructed Queensland Health — Australia’s public health department — to launch an investigation into what’s being described as a “major historical breach of biosecurity protocols,” according to the online media statement. It was reported that 323 […]

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Assad’s downfall is a humbling blow to Russia. How will it affect Putin’s prestige?

5 mn readAlmost exactly seven years ago, President Vladimir Putin stood with Russian troops at their air base in Syria and proudly declared victory over “terrorists” in that country as part of the Kremlin’s military intervention to prop up the government of Bashar Assad amid a civil war. This weekend, those hard-won gains seemed a distant memory. Assad hastily fled to […]

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Japan, Finland to negotiate defense equipment transfer pact

< 1 mn readJapan and Finland agreed during their summit Tuesday to start negotiations on a pact to allow the transfer of defense equipment, citing the increasingly interconnected security environments of Europe and the Indo-Pacific region. Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his Finnish counterpart, Petteri Orpo, opposed any unilateral attempts to change the status quo, the government said, […]

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Volaris passenger arrested after attempting to hijack plane and divert it to US

2 mn readA passenger aboard a domestic Volaris flight on Sunday morning attempted to hijack and forcibly divert the aircraft to the United States, prompting an emergency landing in Guadalajara and the man’s subsequent arrest. The individual — a 31-year-old Mexican national identified as Mario “N” — was traveling from Leon, Guanajuato, to Tijuana, Baja California, with […]

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PM Orbán: Hungary wants to connect to all of the world’s economic power centers

2 mn readPrime Minister Viktor Orbán said Hungary, as “the westernmost Eastern people and the easternmost Western people”, wants to connect to all of the world’s economic power centers. “We’re making good progress on this, and this is something Hungarian universities will be big winners of,” the prime minister said at the inauguration of the renovated pavilion buildings […]

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Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year announced

2 mn readThe results of the 2024 US presidential election rattled the country and sent shockwaves across the world — or were cause for celebration, depending on who you ask. Is it any surprise then that the Merriam-Webster word of the year is “polarization”? “Polarization means division, but it’s a very specific kind of division,” said Peter Sokolowski, Merriam-Webster’s editor at […]

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