Global News
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Startup seeks breakthrough in power from nuclear fusion
Fusion energy has long been held out as one of the most significant technologies needed to combat the effects of climate change because it could generate an abundance of inexpensive clean energy
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Adidas sells Reebok to Authentic Brands for $2.5 billion
Sixteen years after acquiring Reebok for $4 billion, German sportswear giant Adidas is selling it for a little more than half that to Authentic Brands Group, a voracious acquirer of struggling brands
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Afghan collapse accelerates as two vital cities are falling to the Taliban
With the Taliban's sudden gains in Kandahar, in the country's southern Pashtun heartland, and Herat, a vital cultural and economic hub, the insurgents appear to be nearing a complete military takeover
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How Facebook failed to stem racist abuse of England's soccer players
Much of the racist abuse in English soccer has been directed at Black superstars in the Premier League, such as Raheem Sterling and Marcus Rashford
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Covid-19 has slammed Bangladesh's hospitals. It is reopening anyway
Bangladesh's already strained health care system is buckling under the ferocity of the country's third, and by far deadliest, wave of coronavirus infections
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Inside the White House-Facebook rift over vaccine misinformation
Many Americans who refused to get vaccinated had cited false stories they read on Facebook, including theories that the shots could lead to infertility, stillborn babies and autism
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In Lionel Messi's move, a dim portrait of modern soccer
Messi's transfer to Paris St.-Germain highlights how even the best player of his generation was not able to resist the economic forces that carry the game along
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Climate change is a 'hammer hitting us on the head,' developing nations say
A new UN report suggests that atmospheric levels of carbon dioxide had not been this high in at least 2 million years, and the past decade is likely the hottest the planet has been in 125,000 years
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Text memes are taking over Instagram
The trend has transformed Instagram, the photo- and video-based app owned by Facebook, into a network of microblogs and a destination for written expression
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A hotter future is certain. But how hot is up to us
Nations have delayed curbing their fossil-fuel emissions for so long that they can no longer stop global warming from intensifying over the next 30 years, though there is still a short window to prevent the most harrowing future, a major new United Nations scientific report has concluded
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What vaccine supply tells us about international trade
His work tracking the Donald Trump's trade war was invaluable, making him the go-to guy for current development in trade policies. Now, Chad Bown of the Peterson Institute for International Economics has a highly informative new paper on the vaccine supply chain