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8x1
How "General Armageddon" and a bromance almost brought down Vladimir Putin
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A bromance is a powerful thing. Lennon and McCartney. Holmes and Watson. Gilbert and Sullivan. Han and Chewy. But occasionally a bromance can nearly get you killed. A month ago the .. show full overview
8x2
How a bunch of boxes might land Trump in prison
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Donald Trump has been charged with trying and failing to delete CCTV evidence of farcical, and allegedly criminal behaviour. It's just the latest charge in the case against the former .. show full overview
8x3
The decision that saved Australia from Argentina's 100 per cent inflation nightmare
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Inflation in Argentina is at 100 per cent. The government is printing money fast and locals are spending in US dollars because the peso is so unreliable. The economy is like a .. show full overview
8x4
How microchip-maker TSMC became the world's most important company
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Microchips are in your car, your microwave — there might even be one in your kettle. They run everything. And the best microchips are made by TSMC, the Taiwan Semiconductor .. show full overview
8x5
Why is Russia meddling in West Africa?
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While everyone has their eyes on the war in Ukraine, another war is threatening to break out in West Africa. There's been a seemingly unstoppable wave of coups washing along the edge .. show full overview
8x6
China cooked its population data. Now its economy is in crisis
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China's economy is struggling. Similar things are happening across Asia but in China it's happening extremely fast. And a big part of the reason why is the disastrous One Child Policy .. show full overview
8x7
Is the century-long search for a weight loss drug over?
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For a century society has bullied and shamed people into trying to lose weight, without much result. Now, a seemingly accidental discovery by Danish pharmaceutical company Novo .. show full overview
8x8
The race to build a petrol station on the moon
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The US, Russia, China and India are all sending missions to the moon — and all to its totally unexplored south pole. Why? Well, in order to make the next giant leap, we need to build .. show full overview
8x9
Why Modi picked a fight over India's true name
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When world leaders received their invitations to the 2023 G20 summit in New Delhi, everyone got a bit of a surprise. It referred to Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister of Bharat, not .. show full overview
8x10
The assassination that broke the bond between Canada and India
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Hardeep Singh Nijjar was murdered in Vancouver in June. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has just come out saying the Indian Government assassinated him. India is, of course, .. show full overview
8x11
Should Elon Musk have stopped Ukraine attacking Russia?
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In September last year, Elon Musk refused to let the Ukrainian military use his Starlink satellites to attack Russia. Musk jumped on Twitter and posted “Starlink is meant for peaceful .. show full overview
8x12
The ridiculous assassination plot that sent Haiti into chaos
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In 2021, a doctor from Florida met with a group of men to plan the overthrow of the Haitian President. The plot triggered a series of events which led to the president's death, the .. show full overview
8x13
How a quadriplegic charity worker became the founder of Hamas
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Last week, Hamas burst out of the Gaza Strip into southern Israel, killing at least 1,400 people, the vast majority of them Israeli civilians. But Hamas' origins go back decades, to .. show full overview
8x14
How did Hamas catch Israel by surprise?
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The Israeli Government has one of the most well-resourced intelligence communities in the world, specifically tasked with preventing attacks from Hamas. So how did it fail to detect .. show full overview
8x15
Who is Hezbollah, the group backing Hamas?
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While Israel tries to defeat Hamas, they also have to worry about a much more dangerous paramilitary group on their northern border: Hezbollah. The express purpose of Hezbollah, which .. show full overview
8x16
Can Israel rescue the hostages?
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The Israeli hostages Hamas took back on October 7th still have not been rescued. The 1976 Entebbe rescue mission is legendary and gave Israel a reputation — they get hostages back no .. show full overview
8x17
How North Korea makes a fortune stealing crypto
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As international sanctions have cut into North Korea's ability to import and export things, they've become desperate for cash. They've been running crazy schemes to get it — .. show full overview
8x18
China's play to win the heart of the Pacific
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China is using cash to try and shore up support in the Pacific. In Honiara, the Solomon Islands capital, they just built most of the venues in the Pacific Games precinct. And China .. show full overview
8x19
Can OpenAI save us from a robot apocalypse?
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The world's most famous artificial intelligence company, OpenAI — the creator of ChatGPT — was set up to create a superintelligent AI, while at the same time safeguarding humanity from .. show full overview
8x20
What is China's "panda diplomacy"?
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China's pandas are not just pandas. They're diplomats. You're friendly to China? You get a panda. You criticise China? You get no pandas. In recent years China has been hostile .. show full overview
8x21
Can Zelenskyy get the world to care about Ukraine again?
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has a new problem. As well as fighting Russia, he also has to fight Israel and Hamas for the world's attention. The shift in attention to Gaza .. show full overview