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From development to doctrine: the Pentagon fast-tracks AI

Donald Trump's administration has ordered military chiefs to incorporate Artificial Intelligence into almost everything that it does, and to do it quickly.

Marco Mossad 14 February 2026

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A child wears a face mask as a precaution measures against the coronavirus on March 22, 2020 in Sana'a, Yemen. (Getty)

Middle East in Turmoil Pins Hopes on Vaccine Rollouts

The Middle East is pinning its hopes on the vaccine rollouts for an imminent economic recovery after the coronavirus pandemic hit a region already battered by conflicts and economic turmoil. The…

Menna A. Farouk 29 January 2021

COVID-19 Vaccines May Cut Transmission As Well As Symptoms

Once again, the COVID-19 health message is getting muddled. Even as officials and scientists urge the public to get vaccinated, they warn that after vaccination, we’ll still have to go on isolating…

Faye Flam 26 January 2021

Biden’s First Big Foreign Policy Test Will Be Fixing The COVID-19 Vaccine Mess

President Joe Biden was absolutely correct when he said “the world is watching all of us today,” as he delivered his inaugural address Wednesday from the very spot where a mob stormed the Capitol two…

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Egyptian Health Minister Hala Zayed, speaks during a press conference about the Sinopharm China-made COVID-19 vaccine , during a press conference, at the Abu Khalifa Hospital in Ismailia, Egypt, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021 . (Getty)

Egypt Starts Chinese Vaccine Rollout

Egypt launched a vaccination campaign against the coronavirus on January 24 with the first shots given to healthcare workers at hospitals designated to isolate and treat COVID-19 patients across the…

Amr Emam 25 January 2021

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Wealthy Countries Should Share Vaccine Doses Before It Is Too Late

The world is on the brink of failing a critical test: the one measuring whether the international community is willing or able to end a global pandemic without leaving anyone behind. Wealthy…

Lawrence O. Gostin 19 January 2021

An Iranian man, wearing a protective face mask, walks down a street in the capital Tehran during the COVID-19 epidemic

What the Pandemic Revealed About the “Axis of Resistance”

Political Shiism – or what the Iranian regime refers to as “the axis of resistance,” have been establishing itself in the region, and spreading its roots. Its main rhetoric is resisting Israel and…

Hanin Ghaddar 15 January 2021

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Reviving the Great Barrier Reef

"I recommend getting inside the net. It's very good for you," jokes marine ecologist Peter Harrison. "It's good for your skin, it's good for your clothes." The net in question is a giant, slimy…

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The Year That Changed the Internet

For years, social-media platforms had held firm: Just because a post was false didn’t mean it was their place to do anything about it. But 2020 changed their minds. At the end of May, Twitter…

Evelyn Douek 08 January 2021

The Virus Is Showing Black People What They Knew All Along

All skinfolk ain’t kinfolk, but as Black people in America, we still feel a connection with one another. A reciprocated smile as we pass one another on the street; a spontaneous, but still…

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Hoarding Vaccines Will Prolong the Pandemic

For the second time in two decades, an international crisis looms over access to medicines. A small number of wealthy nations, includingthe United States, have spent billions of dollars locking up…

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