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These Researchers Would Be in Africa Fighting Ebola—but Trump Cut Their Funding

As the world struggles to contain the rapidly growing Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ituri province, a vital network of research centers has been unable to help on the ground. The reason: The Trump administration slashed its funding last year, in part due to conspiracy theories about the origins of Covid-19. Established

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Scammers Are Using Your Real Hotel Reservations to Trick You With Spear-Phishing Attacks

Travelers’ information and booking details may have been stolen from hundreds of hotels around the world, according to new findings from security researchers. These swiped trip details, such as booking names and reservation information, are then being repurposed by cybercriminals to create highly targeted phishing messages used to steal credit card information. At least 350

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US denies reports of evacuating US Embassy in Kyiv amid threats of Russian airstrikes

Officials from the United States Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, disputed reports of abandonment on Thursday amid threats of Russian airstrikes in the country’s capital city. The denial comes in response to comments by Kaja Kallas, the European Union’s high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, who claimed the U.S. had evacuated the Embassy. She

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Why It’s Almost Too Hot to Play Tennis at the French Open

The first week of the French Open has yielded as many major upsets (two) as people collapsing on the court due to sweltering conditions. While temperatures in Europe are extremely hot for this time of year, they aren’t Sahara-in-the-middle-of-summer hot. To truly understand why people on the court are struggling amid the heat, you need

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Ballots Have Been Seized Across the US. No One Knows What Will Happen Next

As US voters look to the November midterms, the Trump administration is obsessed with looking back to past elections, seizing ballots cast years ago in several states in search, it claims, of fraud or other malfeasance. But experts believe the goal may be more varied. The seizures began in January when FBI agents armed with

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Ukraine veterans are returning injured and angry. How can government help?

LVIV, UKRAINE — Andriy Zholob, the deputy mayor of Lviv for Veterans Affairs, understood there was, unmistakably, a mental health crisis brewing among Ukrainian veterans after one disquieting phone call. Zholob recounted to the Washington Examiner the moment when a former comrade in arms called him to say his car had been towed away. The veteran

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BlackRock and others ‘weaponized’ retirement portfolios to push ESG: Report

EXCLUSIVE — Three of the world’s largest asset management firms have used retirement shares as leverage in corporate political fights to push environmental, social, and governance investing goals on Wall Street, a free market watchdog is claiming. BlackRock, Vanguard, and State Street have effectively turned clients’ retirement accounts into pro-ESG voting power, according to a

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Vertu Is Back With a Folding Phone Powered by—Surprise—an AI Agent

Vertu is a company known for making extraordinarily gaudy smartphones with outdated technology, luxe materials, and eye-watering prices. Now the brand is here to meet the AI moment with its first-ever book-like folding phone, complete with an AI agent on board. The company announced the AlphaFold smartphone on Thursday—targeting business executives—which comes outfitted with the

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