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French students are protesting over overcrowded classrooms, missing teachers and deteriorating buildings while their government commits billions more to defence, reveals the choices behind the crisis: how to manage public debt, whether austerity undermines recovery, and why Europe’s military ambitions demand a harder reckoning with the public services and investment its citizens need.
Medicine
Scientists have directly activated AMPK, a cellular energy sensor long linked to metformin, and extended lifespan in yeast, worms and fruit flies. The experiment strengthens the case that AMPK plays a genuine role in…
Donald Trump has threatened to destroy Iran’s power plants to force a deal. Tehran warns that retaliation could reach the Gulf’s water supplies, energy…
Artificial Intelligence (AI)
AI models are becoming more capable, but evidence that they can be trusted takes time. The danger is giving tomorrow’s systems greater authority on the strength of yesterday’s tests.
As Putin, Xi and other BRICS leaders gather in New Delhi, the bloc is confronting a larger question than the creation of a new…
China
China’s export earnings and vast financial reserves provide a cushion against the Middle East energy crisis. But smaller manufacturers face a harder calculation as rising costs meet customers unwilling to pay more, exposing the…
The glacier collapse that unleashed a devastating flood through Tibet and Nepal has created a new danger. Debris has dammed the upper river again,…
Opinion
US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent promises to sever every economic lifeline sustaining Iran. Tehran says Washington is claiming authority over other sovereign states. History, geography, China’s resistance and Iran’s leverage over Gulf commerce suggest…
Japan spent three decades exporting cheap capital and became America’s largest foreign creditor. As the yen slid towards ¥164 to the dollar, Washington intervened…