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Both disastrous encounters have demonstrated that after years of animosity it is not possible to return to the previous format for cooperation. Rudyard Kipling famously once wrote “east is east, and west is west, and never the twain shall meet.” That doesn’t have to be true, but it’s a fair …

Photos reportedly taken from inside a temporary Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facility in Donna, Texas, show children living in cramped, inhospitable, makeshift tent shelters. Separated into groups using plastic sheet dividers, the children are seen curled up on the floor, with only foil blankets to keep them warm.  Nick …

Some 2,000 people died in the city and surrounding settlements when Mount Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, but they were not overwhelmed by lava but suffocated by a phenomenally fast, up to 450mph (724kmph), cloud of toxic gases and ash, according to researchers from the Department of Earth and Geo-environmental …

Nakamura observed the stellar explosion on March 18, 2021 using his 135-millimeter lens and a 15-second exposure. He reported the magnitude-9.6 glow to the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), which deployed a series of powerful telescopes to make observations which confirmed that it was indeed a classical nova, which …

The deadly accident was reported by Russian media on Tuesday and confirmed by the Ministry of Defence shortly afterwards. The military aircraft’s ejection system activated during pre-flight preparations, sending three pilots to their deaths.  “The altitude has been too low for the parachutes to work, and three crew members have …

The media watchdog group took the step to challenge Facebook over what it described as “misleading commercial practices” and a “massive proliferation” of problematic content on the company’s platform. The legal action focuses on a section of Facebook’s policies that pledge to provide “a safe, secure and error-free environment” for …

Evanston’s city council voted 8-1 on Monday to approve a plan that would distribute $400,000 to eligible black households. The first phase of the initiative will provide $25,000 to a small number of black residents for home repairs, down payments or mortgage payments.  The move stems from the passage of …

Speaking at a press conference alongside his Chinese counterpart on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that currently, “there are no relations with the EU as an organization. The entire infrastructure of these relations has been destroyed by unilateral decisions made from Brussels.” Some individual European countries, he argued, are …

Speculation had been mounting that Tyson, 54, and fellow former world heavyweight champion Holyfield, 58, could return to the ring this summer to finish what they started with a pair of fights in the 1990s. Representatives for the pair are said to have been in talks since Tyson made his …

Pierre Vimont, a career French diplomat who served as envoy to the US from 2007-2010, said in an interview that extraterritorial sanctions have become “a privileged weapon of American diplomacy” and that Europe should adopt a new “preventative” approach to dealing with the tactic.  According to Vimont, there is increasing …