5 things to know for April 15: Covid, White House, voter suppression, Russia, China
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Canada and USA have unveiled their Olympic uniforms and the internet — of course — has thoughts
A riff on the “Canadian tuxedo” or ’80s high school apparel? The North American neighbors inspired plenty of online chatter when they revealed their Olympic...
JPMorgan is deploying $2.5 trillion to fight the climate crisis and inequality
America’s largest bank is adding some serious firepower to the fight against climate change and inequality....
The art of persuasion: How past presidents have tried to nudge Supreme Court justices off the bench
Early in President Barack Obama’s second term, while fellow Democrats still controlled the Senate, the President asked Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg to a private lunch...
Why we are going to Mars
Early 2021 saw a flurry of space missions arrive at Mars. So why is everyone so interested in the Red Planet all of a sudden?...
What it takes to protect the world’s most endangered zebra
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Former Burkina Faso leader Compaore charged in predecessor Sankara’s murder
A Burkina Faso court charged former President Blaise Compaore in absentia on Tuesday in connection with the 1987 murder of then-President Thomas Sankara, one of...
France cuts two nuclear-powered submarines in half to make one new one
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20 years in Afghanistan: America’s longest war
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Switzerland’s largest insurer AXA starts accepting Bitcoin as payment
All private AXA customers now have the option to pay insurance premiums for any non-life insurance products in Bitcoin....