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The World Is On Track To Warm 3 Degrees Celsius This Century. Here’s What That Means.

The World Is On Track To Warm 3 Degrees Celsius This Century....

Our current coastlines gone. Bangkok underwater. Massive declines in the fish population....

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A Data Sleuth Challenged A Powerful COVID Scientist. Then He Came After Her.

A Data Sleuth Challenged A Powerful COVID Scientist. Then...

Elisabeth Bik calls out bad science for a living. A feud with one of the world’s...

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The DOJ Is Investigating Americans For War Crimes Allegedly Committed While Fighting With Far-Right Extremists In Ukraine

The DOJ Is Investigating Americans For War Crimes Allegedly...

The probe involves seven men but is centered on former Army soldier Craig Lang,...

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Amazing Photos Of Airport Reunions After The Coronavirus Pandemic Separated Families

Amazing Photos Of Airport Reunions After The Coronavirus...

Countries like the US and Australia are reopening their borders to vaccinated travelers,...

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How The Pandemic Severed One Of Southern Africa’s Main Economic Lifelines

How The Pandemic Severed One Of Southern Africa’s Main...

With few options, some traders have turned to smuggling or sex work. “I work with...

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Why Facebook Shutting Down Its Old Facial Recognition System Doesn’t Matter

Why Facebook Shutting Down Its Old Facial Recognition System...

Facebook just made a big deal of shutting down its original facial recognition system....

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A Chinese Tennis Star Accused A Top Official Of Sexual Assault. Then She Disappeared.

A Chinese Tennis Star Accused A Top Official Of Sexual...

Tennis stars are demanding answers about Peng Shuai, whose disappearance has again...

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Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change Or Keep Burning Coal? You Can’t Have Both.

Prevent Catastrophic Climate Change Or Keep Burning Coal?...

"By 2030 in the United States, we won’t have coal,” US Special Presidential Envoy...

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South Africa Won’t Appeal Court Ruling on Black Mine Ownership

South Africa Won’t Appeal Court Ruling on Black Mine Ownership

Mining exploration and investment in South Africa have dwindled in recent years...

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Austria’s Plan to Make COVID-19 Vaccines Compulsory Is Dividing Citizens — and Experts

Austria’s Plan to Make COVID-19 Vaccines Compulsory Is...

“It deepens the chasm in our society”

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Why the International Olympic Committee Intervened on China’s Behalf in the Peng Shuai Controversy

Why the International Olympic Committee Intervened on China’s...

Human rights advocates say the IOC's intervention shows it chose to side with officials...

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Jamie Dimon Offers Hasty Apology After Joking JPMorgan Will Outlast Chinese Communist Party

Jamie Dimon Offers Hasty Apology After Joking JPMorgan...

The mea culpa underscores the bank's desire to keep cordial relations in China,...

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Why This Dating App Is Paying All Employees an $80,000 Minimum Salary

Why This Dating App Is Paying All Employees an $80,000...

The decision is similar to that taken by the Dan Price, the CEO of credit card processing...

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‘They’re Very Close.’ U.S. General Says Iran Is Nearly Able to Build a Nuclear Weapon

‘They’re Very Close.’ U.S. General Says Iran Is Nearly...

“They're very close this time. I think they like the idea of being able to break...

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TIME’s Top 100 Photos of 2021

TIME’s Top 100 Photos of 2021

In a time of transition and uncertainty, these images defined the year

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India’s Farmers Have Forced Modi to Retreat But He Will Be Back, With More Religious Polarization

India’s Farmers Have Forced Modi to Retreat But He Will...

The potential benefits of his climbdown may far outweigh the momentary humiliation