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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and party chair Lee Anderson have raked in more than £1 million from the right-wing broadcaster GB News, DeSmog can…
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The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal have run at least 155 ads on branded podcasts since September by the United States oil…
Part boat, part plane, part sci-fi: China debuts consumer flying watercraft
The Soviet “sea monster” is back – and this time it’s for sale.
A Chinese company has completed the maiden flight of a passenger craft that…
The Fugitive Childhood of a Cocaine Smuggler’s Daughters
“When their parents ripped two young sisters from their privileged lives, gave them fake names, and took them on the lam, they thought it was…
Pakistan Seeks Peacemaker Role Abroad Amid War at Home
Restive Balochistan blows up …
Chinese robot helps children with nerve disorder stand up for the first time
Some people living with spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) have never been able to stand on their own.
SMA is a genetic disorder that causes the nerves…