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Business

Capital One and Discover merger may be a response to an adjacent concern: the Visa and Mastercard duopoly, economist says

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World & National News

If Russia is developing some kind of space-based weapon, Putin may never get to use it. Here’s why

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World & National News

How would a second Trump term impact NATO, US-Russia relations, the war in Europe?

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Society & Culture

From realism to ‘ultrasociality’: International relations scholar rewrites the history of international cooperation

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Science & Technology

How one philosopher is thinking about the problem of deepfakes, AI and the ‘arms race’ to rein in deception online

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World & National News

Why is Finnish airline Finnair weighing passengers? A mechanical engineer explains.

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World & National News

Yes, the moon is shrinking. Here’s what that means for the planned Artemis III mission — and future lunar visits

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Science & Technology

Are space elevators possible? Physicist says they could transform humanity into a ‘spacefaring civilization’

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Arts & Entertainment

Why the music of Taylor Swift and others might disappear from TikTok

Smoke billowing from an apartment building in Ukraine that had been hit by a Russian missile.
World & National News

Could the Israel-Hamas and Russia-Ukraine wars escalate into World War III?

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World & National News

The world could soon see its first trillionaire. But how to measure the net worth of the ultra-rich?

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Law

What is it like to argue a case before the Supreme Court? Ask these two.