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Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit has undergone a successful lung transplant and is recovering from the procedure, the royal household said in a statement on Wednesday.
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Could AI algorithms hold China’s solution for global narrative on Tibet?
To win the global war of words over Tibet, China’s western autonomous region that repeatedly makes international headlines, Beijing must stop fighting the West’s algorithms…
Costly Malaysia-Thailand seafood stand-off nears an end
Malaysia and Thailand are edging closer to resolving a tit-for-tat seafood safety dispute, offering a lifeline to exporters after weeks of halted shipments and retaliatory…
Gulf gamble: will South Korea step up for Strait of Hormuz security?
The expected reopening of the Strait of Hormuz under a US-Iran ceasefire framework could ease pressure on South Korea’s energy-dependent economy while creating a thornier…
American flag blue? Algae turns Trump’s reflecting pool swamp green instead
One of President Donald Trump’s pet beauty projects for Washington was supposed to make the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool look blue, like part of the…
SpaceX vaults past Amazon’s market value, briefly topping Microsoft
SpaceX roared past Amazon’s market valuation on Tuesday and briefly topped that of Microsoft, rapidly scaling the list of the world’s most valuable companies on…