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The untold story of the first U.S.-based nuclear spy, and how he got away with it
MIT Press Reader This article was originally featured on MIT Press Reader. This article first appeared in the Fall 2023 issue of the Journal of Cold War Studies. Years before anything was publicly disclosed about the nuclear espionage of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Klaus Fuchs, and Theodore Hall,...
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UN confirms Gaza death toll is mostly women and children
Women and children make up at least 56 percent of the thousands killed in the Gaza war, the UN said Tuesday, as Israel supporters tried to cast doubt over figures from the health ministry in Gaza. UN agencies have since the beginning of the Gaza war in October relied on death tolls provided by the...
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Louisiana moves to criminalize possession of abortion pills
Louisiana could soon become the first state to criminalize possession without a prescription of mifepristone and misoprostol, the two drugs used to induce a medicated abortion. The move opens a new front in the fight over abortion pills and could threaten to further restrict access in a state that...
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Trump investigated over $1 billion 'quid pro quo' deal with big oil
A top U.S. House Democrat announced Tuesday that he is demanding answers from fossil fuel executives after Washington Post reporting revealed last week that former Republican President Donald Trump recently told industry leaders he would gut climate regulations if they raised $1 billion for his 2024...
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Georgia’s pro-EU Generation Z spearheads ‘foreign agent’ protests
For 20-year-old Georgian student Irakli, the almost nightly trip to protest outside parliament is part of a wider struggle where he and his generation have a special role to play. For weeks, the international relations student and his classmates have joined the huge crowds protesting against a draft...
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Bitcoin ETF Sees $100M Influx Signaling Positive Road Ahead
The U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETF segment has started the week on a positive note, while the momentum seems to be continuing. Notably, over the first two days of the week, the U.S. Spot Bitcoin ETF has noted an influx of nearly $170 million, after noting three days of outflux last week. Meanwhile, the...
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Can’t blame all Chinese cyberattacks on the government
The UK’s national security agency, MI5, warned in April that British universities participating in military research are targets for cyberattacks by foreign states. More recently, news broke of a cyberattack against the UK’s Ministry of Defense, which exposed the personal details of 270,000 armed...
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NASA Tests Moonwalk Technology in Arizona Desert
Los Angeles CA (SPX) May 15, 2024 NASA is conducting a week-long field...
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Blinken reiterates US arms will help Ukraine as it reels from latest Russian attack
KYIV — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that American military aid on its way to Ukraine would make a “real difference” on the battlefield. The comments came as the top diplomat ......
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No, Japan’s actually not a xenophobic country
The other day at a fundraiser, Joe Biden made a casual comment that I consider to be the worst gaffe of his entire term as president. He declared that two of America’s most important allies, India and Japan, are “xenophobic”, and placed them in the same category as Russia and China: “You know, one...
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