Taliban reshapes lands,
Smartphones banned, voices silenced,
Divorce under watch.
Smartphones banned, voices silenced,
Divorce under watch.
Five years after the Taliban’s return, the BBC follows senior figures as the group reshapes the country.
Author: Sensei
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The U.S. Start-Up Making Low-Cost Interceptors for the Iran War
Powerus takes aim,
Low-cost interceptors rise—
Trump golf course in play.For Florida-based Powerus, becoming a global supplier of counterdrone technology has meant involving the Trumps, a golf course and a new way of doing business.
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Physicists create a tiny “Big Bang” with surprisingly small atomic nuclei
CERN collides small nuclei,
Crafting a “Big Bang” flash,
Echoes of cosmos born.Researchers at CERN have created microscopic versions of the early Universe by colliding surprisingly small atomic nuclei at nearly the speed of light. The collisions produced quark-gluon plasma, the ultra-hot matter believed to have filled the cosmos shortly after the Big Bang. Even more intriguingly,…
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The midterms of scandal are underway
Midterms in the fray,
Parties clash over clear lies,
Scandals shift the game.Both parties have navigated a range of scandals this year — and haven’t found a uniform approach to handling them.
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France links sharp rise in drownings to heatwaves
France faces summer’s heat,
Drownings surge to three hundred,
Warnings echo loud.A government minister says people have been taking risks by going into the water, with 301 deaths since 19 June.
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Silicon Valley Doesn’t Get Why You Hate AI
Silicon hearts pulse,
Tech leaders tweet through critiques,
Blind to public ire.Technology leaders don’t seem to understand society’s gripes about AI, but boy, are they posting through it.
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Struggling households need more help with bills, energy industry says
Energy UK calls,
Households in Britain struggle —
Support falls short still.Industry body Energy UK says the current support for households most in need does not go far enough.
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Spain to allow 500 children in Ceuta to go to mainland in immigration U-turn
Spain’s new decree,
Five hundred children allowed,
Ceuta's shift unfolds.Madrid government changes stance after previously saying anyone who entered territory illegally would be sent backEurope live – latest updatesThe Spanish government has U-turned and said it will allow 500 migrant children in Ceuta to relocate to the mainland.The majority of the estimated 70,000 people…
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Zelensky should be asked what he knew about government corruption, sacked minister tells BBC
Zelensky questioned,
Fedorov calls for votes
in wartime Ukraine.Mykhailo Fedorov has also called for wartime elections to be held in Ukraine.
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The Data Center Backlash Bursts Into the Midterms
Data centers clash,
Democrats and GOP,
Campaign vows to halt.With opposition to the centers mounting, many Democrats and a growing number of Republicans are campaigning against them.