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BA.3.2 Hits Children Five Times Harder Than Prior Variants

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A new Omicron subvariant is rewriting paediatric risk, and health systems are underprepared A new Omicron subvariant has drawn urgent attention from public health bodies across three continents. BA.3.2, the latest strain to emerge from SARS-CoV-2’s accelerating mutation cycle, carries a paediatric risk profile that separates it sharply from its predecessors. Children under twelve are […]

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Iran’s Strike Arsenal Half-Intact as Tehran Threatens Retaliation

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Intelligence assessments reveal surviving capacity even as Iran signals its next move Western intelligence assessments now place nearly half of Iran’s missile launchers and kamikaze drone platforms as operationally intact following recent strikes on its territory. Tehran, rather than signalling restraint, has responded with a formal vow of crushing retaliation. These two facts, taken together,

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US-Iran conflicting signals

Both Sides Are Talking. Both Sides Say They Are Not

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Washington and Tehran issue contradictory war signals, and both are strategically correct Both governments are describing the same set of communications and reaching opposite conclusions about what those communications constitute. Washington calls it negotiation. Tehran calls it the exchange of messages through intermediaries. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has been explicit: the passage of messages

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Trump Pauses Iran Nuclear Strike Plans, Iran Media Mocks

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A five-day window opens, but Tehran’s mockery signals who holds the leverage Donald Trump announced on Monday that the United States would hold off on any action against Iran’s nuclear facilities for five days, citing what he described as “very good” talks between the two sides. The pause came alongside reports of backchannel communications, with

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Trump Delays Iran Strikes After Nuclear Talks Show Progress

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A pause in military planning signals a diplomatic opening neither side expected this week Donald Trump has delayed planned strikes on Iranian power generation facilities following what he described as “very good” negotiations with Tehran. The pause, confirmed by White House officials, comes at a moment when both governments had appeared to be edging toward

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Earth’s Climate Imbalance Hits Unprecedented Levels, WMO Warns

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The global climate system is now operating outside any historical baseline on record The World Meteorological Organisation has confirmed that climate imbalance has reached its highest recorded level, with multiple planetary indicators simultaneously breaching thresholds that scientists had previously treated as worst-case projections. Ocean heat content, atmospheric carbon concentration, sea-level rise, and glacier loss are

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Anthropic Sues Pentagon Over Unprecedented AI Blacklist

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A safety dispute over autonomous weapons has become a First Amendment battle Anthropic filed two federal lawsuits on Monday against the Trump administration, challenging the Pentagon’s decision to label the San Francisco-based artificial intelligence company a national security threat. The suits, filed in California and the Washington D.C. appeals court, call the actions “unprecedented and

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