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Briefing: Ghana demands compensation for slavery in landmark UN vote

Strategic angle: Nations will vote on whether to designate the slave trade as "the gravest crime against humanity".

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Briefing: Chrysler Could Get A Sedan Back, But It Might Not Be Like You Remember It

Strategic angle: Chrysler’s future comes into focus as Stellantis exec hints at new sedan-like models with a practical, crossover-inspired twist

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Briefing: Unusual signal may prove existence of primordial black holes

Strategic angle: A pair of University of Miami astrophysicists could be on the verge of a cosmic breakthrough confirming primordial black holes.

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Briefing: Keychron’s mechanical keyboards are up to 60 percent off

Strategic angle: Keychron makes some of the best mechanical keyboards available, catering to both enthusiasts and budget-conscious users.

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Briefing: Why international professionals are choosing to build careers in Kazakhstan

Strategic angle: From classrooms and research labs to tech hubs and ballet studios, global professionals are choosing to develop their careers in Kazakhstan. Here’s why.

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Briefing: Polymer uses movable molecular rings to overcome durability–degradability trade-off

Strategic angle: Innovative design in polymer materials addresses the challenge of balancing strength and environmental impact.

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Briefing: Former SEC chair Jay Clayton says regulators would scrutinize trading ahead of Trump post

Strategic angle: "Any move like that in advance of any announcement, the regulators are going to look at," said Clayton, former SEC chair.

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This startup wants to change how mathematicians do math

Strategic angle: Axiom Math, a startup based in Palo Alto, California, has released a free new AI tool for mathematicians, designed to discover mathematical patterns that could unlock solutions to long-standing problems. The tool, called

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Briefing: CERN's most delicate road trip: Scientists take antimatter out of the lab for the first time

Strategic angle: Housed in a high-tech, super-cooled container, the fragile particles survived a short truck journey without touching normal matter, which would have made them vanish in a flash of energy.

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Briefing: Trump’s $1B payoff to stop offshore wind is even stranger than it sounds

Strategic angle: The government is paying TotalEnergies to halt a wind farm it isn’t building, in exchange for fossil fuel investments it’s already making.

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Briefing: Pentagon to Remove Media Offices Following Judge's Ruling on NY Times Credentials

Strategic angle: The Pentagon announces the removal of media offices after a judge reinstates press credentials for the New York Times.

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Briefing: 76ers' George says mental health led to PED use

Strategic angle: Paul George discusses the impact of mental health on his decision to use performance-enhancing drugs.

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Briefing: Does a company's political power affect its success in obtaining federal contracts?

Strategic angle: A study published in Contemporary Economic Policy investigates the influence of political investments on federal contract success.

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Briefing: 'Kicked to the kerb' - is boxing failing its heroes?

Strategic angle: Following the death of Ricky Hatton, families and former champions tell a new BBC documentary the sport has not filled the void in care for its fighters.

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Briefing: 'He liked the fear in our eyes', Epstein survivors tell BBC

Strategic angle: In an interview with BBC Newsnight, five survivors of Jeffrey Epstein's abuses spoke about how pervasive the disgraced financier's wrongdoing was and what justice could look like.

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Briefing: We must not underestimate the peril for democracy

Strategic angle: Donald Trump’s America is a world leader in democratic decline

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Briefing: The world's great fish migrations are collapsing. That's a problem for millions of people

Strategic angle: Hidden beneath the surface of the world's rivers, some of Earth's great animal movements unfold—migrations that rival, in sheer biomass, the famous mass movements of zebra and wildebeest across the Serengeti.

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Briefing: Successful minority employees can create a false sense of diversity

Strategic angle: Highly successful women and racial minorities challenge stereotypes but may also create an illusion of organizational diversity.

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Briefing: Tough negotiations loom as Denmark's Social Democrats fail to secure a majority

Strategic angle: The party, which has governed since 2019, gained the most votes but saw its weakest results in over a century.

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Briefing: You Can Actually JB Weld A Broken Connecting Rod Back Together In A Pinch

Strategic angle: What can't JB Weld do?