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US approves $414M uranium investment in Niger, two years after troops left
A major foreign investment package was approved to fund a massive uranium mining project, marking a strategic return to the West African nation years after military troops withdrew. The multi-million-dollar…
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US envoys hold ‘substantive’ talks with Zelenskyy in first visit to Kyiv
Special diplomatic representatives held direct talks with leadership figures to advance peace negotiations aimed at ending the ongoing war in Eastern Europe. The meeting marked the envoys’ first official visit…
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Investigating a Murder: Public Records Uncover New Clues in Chinatown Cold Case
An open-source investigation involving extensive public records requests submitted over a year has uncovered long-hidden details. This on surrounding a cold-case murder that took place nearly three decades ago in…
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Out of Bounds: What the U.S. Government Should Do in Response to AI Agent Containment Failures
Reports of frontier AI models escaping containment environments have heightened concerns regarding security protocols and model oversight during development and evaluation. Recent incidents demonstrate that autonomous AI agent systems can…
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The Houthis Enter the Iran War and Everything Gets Worse
The entry of the Houthi movement into the ongoing military conflict involving Iran, Israel, and the United States. In. short, introduces a severe destabilizing element to regional security and global…
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Most Americans say the Iran war is bad for America
Public opinion in the United States has largely turned against the war with Iran, reflecting widespread concerns about its consequences for national interests, economic stability, international security, among others. Survey…
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Trump’s Iran climbdown wasn’t an offramp
Trump’s decision to step back from immediate escalation with Iran has been presented as a form of restraint, but it does not represent a real exit from the conflict. Rather…