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- Russia Hits Ukrainian Power Grid As Allies Of Slain Politician Parubiy Blame Moscow
on August 31, 2025 at 10:14 amRussia kept up its relentless air attacks on Ukraine, hitting energy facilities in at least two regions and targeting several other locations across the country amid uncertainty over the prospects for peace efforts following summits in the United States in recent weeks.
- French PM Bayrou says 'fate of France' at stake in confidence vote
on August 31, 2025The September 8 vote in Parliament that he is expected to lose will not decide 'the fate of the prime minister' but 'the fate of France,' François Bayrou said on Sunday during an interview with four news channels.
- London Stock Exchange gets go-ahead to run Pisces private stock market
on August 28, 2025The Pisces market will allow investors to buy and sell shares in private companies. But how will it work, when will it […]
- “Excited Delirium” Is Pseudoscience. Police Often Cite It to Justify Brutality.
by Katie Kronick on August 31, 2025 at 6:39 pmFor decades, police, medical examiners, and coroners have used the term used to cover up killings in police custody.
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U.S. stocks were mostly lower, with the Nasdaq leading declines as makers of AI infrastructure suffered steep falls, many in the double digits. Nvidia was down 16%. [...]
Gold settled 1.4% lower, down two of the past three sessions, and silver fell 2.5%, down three of the past four sessions. [...]
Panic fueling the selloff of Nvidia, Broadcom and other tech giants is overblown. [...]
Gain insight on Experian, SoFi Technologies and more in the latest Market Talks covering Financial Services. [...]
Arabica coffee prices hit a record level, as traders digested the withdrawal of President Trump’s threats to impose tariffs and economic sanctions on Colombia. [...]
The Yen and Swiss Franc were stronger against the dollar as investors sought safe havens after Chinese start-up DeepSeek’s new AI model hit U.S. tech stocks. [...]
U.S. natural gas futures fell after weekend updates took some of the chill out of early February weather forecasts. [...]
QXO is taking its offer directly to shareholders after being rebuffed on several occasions. [...]
Reports and other media articles over the past month detail the ways in which the technology and norms underpinning China’s surveillance industry are proliferating in other countries around the world. This week, Emily Baker-White at Forbes published an investigation finding that Intel, which recently agreed [...]
In 2021, Tibet Action Institute (TAI) published a groundbreaking report exposing the extensive use of colonial boarding schools to indoctrinate and forcibly assimilate Tibetan children into Han Chinese culture and society. (See CDT’s two-part interview with TAI’s Lhadon Tethong on this topic.) This May, TAI [...]
China is scheduled to host a large-scale “Victory Day” military parade on September 3 to mark the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II (referred to in China as the “War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.”) China and Japan’s diverging narratives around the [...]
“After six years of reporting in Hong Kong, and at eight months pregnant, I’m very sad to be leaving my colleagues, friends and the place I’ve called home,” wrote senior Bloomberg News reporter Rebecca Choong Wilkins in an X post on Saturday. As other outlets [...]
In the wake of early August’s spontaneous mass protests in the city of Jiangyou, Sichuan province over official inaction in a severe bullying case, there has been unusually stringent online censorship of videos, photos, hashtags, articles, comments, and other content related to the case, the [...]
The two back-to-back summits that U.S. President Donald Trump hosted over the past week, first with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska and then with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders in Washington, D.C., may not have delivered an end to Russia’s war [...]
Following rare mass protests that broke out in the city of Jiangyou in Sichuan province earlier this month in response to the bullying of a 14-year-old girl, CDT Chinese editors have tracked unusually intense online censorship of related videos, photos, hashtags, articles, comments, and other [...]
A breakthrough pill, baxdrostat, has shown remarkable success in lowering dangerously high blood pressure in patients resistant to standard treatments. In a large international trial, it cut systolic pressure by nearly 10 mmHg, enough to significantly reduce risks of heart attack, stroke, and kidney disease. [...]
Beta blockers, used for decades after heart attacks, provide no benefit for patients with preserved heart function, according to the REBOOT trial. The massive study also found women faced higher risks when taking the drug. Experts say the results will change heart treatment guidelines worldwide. [...]
A massive global study uncovered a striking paradox: even as total burned land has dropped by more than a quarter since 2002, human exposure to wildfires has skyrocketed. Africa accounts for a staggering 85% of these exposures, while California stands out as an extreme hotspot [...]
Stanford researchers reveal meandering rivers existed long before plants, overturning textbook geology. Their findings suggest carbon-rich floodplains shaped climate for billions of years. [...]
As the Great Salt Lake shrinks, scientists are uncovering mysterious groundwater-fed oases hidden beneath its drying lakebed. Reed-covered mounds and strange surface disturbances hint at a vast underground plumbing system that pushes fresh water up under pressure. Using advanced tools like airborne electromagnetic surveys and [...]
New research suggests that exercise may not just make us feel younger—it could actually slow or even reverse the body’s molecular clock. By looking at DNA markers of aging, scientists found that structured exercise like aerobic and strength training has stronger anti-aging effects than casual [...]
Drinking nitrate-rich beetroot juice lowered blood pressure in older adults by reshaping their oral microbiome, according to researchers at the University of Exeter. The study found that beneficial bacteria increased while harmful ones decreased, leading to better conversion of dietary nitrates into nitric oxide—a molecule [...]
Scientists at Mount Sinai have created an artificial intelligence system that can predict how likely rare genetic mutations are to actually cause disease. By combining machine learning with millions of electronic health records and routine lab tests like cholesterol or kidney function, the system produces [...]
The decision comes as France leads international efforts to recognise a Palestinian state at the UN meeting next month. [...]
Ilan Weiss was killed during Hamas's attack in southern Israel on 7 October 2023. [...]
New footage has revealed that two more strikes were carried out on hospital by Israel than initially reported. [...]
The three powers trigger a process which could restore sanctions in 30 days, calling Iran's nuclear programme a threat to peace and security. [...]
The Israeli military declined to comment on reports of the strikes, which Syria condemned. [...]
The talks come as Israel prepares to seize Gaza City as a step towards full control of the territory. [...]
Palestinian journalists give the BBC first-hand accounts of the hardship and dangers they face while reporting on the war. [...]
An initial Israeli military report says the attack targeted a "Hamas camera" and identified "gaps" for further investigation. [...]
Suspending the military’s “tactical pauses” is expected to worsen the region’s humanitarian crisis. [...]
The independence of the agency that sets monetary policy is under threat. [...]
Test yourself on the week of Aug. 23: South Korea’s president visits Washington, Australia cuts ties with Iran, and the latest U.S. tariffs against India kick in. [...]
A veteran practitioner’s 12 tips to land that first job. [...]
Emma Ashford on how Washington should navigate a “post-unipolar” world. [...]
A new history of the Cold War unwittingly exposes Russian distortions of the past. [...]
Taiwan’s “Zero Day Attack” sets an example other threatened states can follow. [...]
[WFP] Maseru- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today welcomed a contribution of JPY 200 million (approximately US$1.36 million) from the Government of Japan to support the national school feeding programme in Lesotho. Over the next year, this funding will provide nutritious meals to [...]
[allAfrica] Seven migrants have been deported from the United States arrived in Rwanda in mid-August. This marked the first group under a deal made with former U.S. President Donald Trump's administration. The agreement is expected to relocate 250 migrants to Rwanda. [...]
[Shabelle] Mogadishu, Somalia -- Fresh airstrikes have targeted suspected Al-Shabaab hideouts in central Somalia near the border of the Galgaduud and Middle Shabelle regions, security sources said on Friday. [...]
[Agenzia Fides] Khartoum -- At the first meeting of the Sudanese transitional government in the capital Khartoum, two months after its recapture by the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) under the command of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the focus of the debate was on post-war reconstruction, [...]
[ISS] Africa's continental free trade area offers long-term promise, but expecting it to quickly compensate for US trade losses may be unrealistic. [...]
[Ethiopian Herald] -Ethiopian Airlines provides 20 percent discount for attendees [...]