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Cursed Mountains and Deathly Lakes: When Nature Is Explained By Myth
The drive to explain perplexing things in nature, and the desire to understand earthshaking events of unfathomable scale are timeless human impulses. Found in cultures around the world, geomyths attempt to account for anomalous natural phenomena...
EU: Prioritise investment in free media to strengthen democratic resilience
The more than 100 undersigned organisations have come together to call for robust and strategic EU investment in free and independent media in response to the proposal for the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2028-2034. As debates...
Cyprus’ Council of EU presidency to focus on bloc’s enlargement
Cyprus’ six-month term as the holder of the Council of the European Union’s rotating presidency will focus on plans to enlarge the EU, according to a draft programme for the term seen by the Cyprus Mail on Thursday. “Enlargement is a geopolitical...
UK sanctions Balkans gangs as irregular migrant numbers rise
Britain on Wednesday sanctioned Balkans-based gangs and financiers helping facilitate small boat crossings, as migrant arrivals this year via the Channel were set to surpass the 2024 totals. The sanctions, the latest under new UK powers as Prime...
Designing a Resilient and Data-Driven FinCrime Function in the Age of AI
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Trump, Gaza and Timor-Leste: Could the upcoming ASEAN Summit be its most significant in years?
The biggest newsmaker at the summit will no doubt be Trump, said analysts, adding that his presence is significant for ASEAN and shows the bloc is an important diplomatic platform. “Symbolically, it signals that Southeast Asia remains within...
Epidemiologic and Clinical Characteristics of Cancer Patients Presented to the Emergency Service with COVID-19 Symptoms
Introduction The novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) made history as the most critical pandemic of the 21st century and was named Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) by the World Health Organization (WHO). The disease continues to affect our health and...
Where in Europe do people feel least safe walking alone at night?
People feel less safe walking alone at night in Italy and France than in dozens of other countries, including Iraq, Rwanda, and Bangladesh, according to a new report. In fact, the 2025 edition of The Global Safety Report features only one European...
Seeding the Personnel of the Military Corporate State, Part Two
In recent reports, Restoration News investigated former Democratic intelligence officers who have entered politics in the Trump era with the explicit intention of protecting the intelligence services and the larger military corporate complex from...
Liverpool are waiting for the real Alexander Isak - here’s why he’s almost here
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
NIHD offers new kind of mammogram, designed with comfort in mind
Many women describe mammograms as uncomfortable or awkward. Northern Inyo Healthcare District hopes to change that experience with a new approach — and a new machine. NIHD recently introduced the GE Senographe Pristina, a next-generation 3D...
1997–2025: When The West Is Distracted, China Advances
Authored by Tamuz Itai via The Epoch Times, For nearly three decades, the Western world has hardly had a calm time—terrorist attacks, wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, financial meltdowns, pandemics, and deepening political fractures. Each has...
Blue Helmets, Indian blueprint
The United Nations Troop Contributing Countries’ (UNTCC) Chiefs’ Conclave 2025, held from October 14 to 16 in New Delhi, marked a watershed in global peacekeeping cooperation. Hosted for the first time by the Army, the event brought together...
NIHD offers a new kind of mammogram
Many women describe mammograms as uncomfortable or awkward. Northern Inyo Healthcare District hopes to change that experience with a new approach — and a new machine. The district recently introduced the GE Senographe Pristina, a 3D mammography...
The EU’s Strategic Mistake
“Securing reliable supplies of critical raw materials is a strategic priority for Europe’s resilience and competitiveness as it is essential for the modernisation of our economy […]. With this approach, we contribute to prosperity and stability in...
The Speech A Press Club Banned
Above photo: Chris Hedges speaking in Sydney, Australia on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. Cathy Vogan. Hedges delivered the banned speech on Monday in Sydney. This talk is not sponsored by Raytheon, BAE Systems and Thales, which sell weapons to Israel to...
Of diversified intellects and Nobel peace
KUALA LUMPUR — Some readers may still recall my having mentioned that I majored in Germanic literature when I was in university. And within this great literary tradition — one of the most prominent in the world — the towering figure is none other...
Trump Says He’s Got Lincoln and Washington Beat as POTUS
President Donald Trump couldn’t help but favorably compare himself to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in a rambling speech in the Rose Garden on Tuesday. “Hey, they didn’t put out eight wars, nine coming,” he said. “We put out eight wars,...
This European country will have the highest percentage of Muslims in 2050
Based on projections, the European country projected to have the highest percentage of Muslims in 2050 is Kosovo, with an estimated Muslim population share of 95.2% (according to data cited from a Pew Research Center study). Other countries...
So you attended 'No Kings'. Now what?
Nonviolent resistance has proven more effective in toppling autocracies than violent, armed struggle. But it requires more than street demonstrations. Tactics used by pro-democracy movements across the world include bolstering the rule of law,...