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World Cup host cities warn Congress over security concerns
Shwetha SurendranFeb 24, 2026, 03:36 PM ET Close Shwetha Surendran is a reporter in ESPN’s investigative and enterprise unit. Multiple Authors Local officials representing World Cup host cities warned Congress on Tuesday that security concerns, coordination problems and inadequate federal funding are risking catastrophe with little more than 100 days remaining before the games begin….
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China-Indonesia waste-to-power pact neither clean nor green
Indonesia’s growing waste problem has long been viewed as a burden — a mounting strain on landfills, public health and municipal budgets. The waste-to-energy (WtE) initiative led by Danantara Indonesia, now entering its first phase in Bali, Bogor, Bekasi and Yogyakarta, promises a new approach: transforming municipal waste into electricity while deepening green cooperation with…
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Smaller, faster, smarter: Chinese transistor ready for future AI chips
A team of Chinese scientists has unveiled the world’s smallest and most energy-efficient transistor in a breakthrough poised to anchor the next generation of high-performance AI hardware. The researchers achieved the feat in ferroelectric transistors (FeFETs), which function similarly to neurons in the human brain as they integrate memory and processing in a single unit,…
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US forces board third Venezuela-linked oil tanker in Indian Ocean
US military forces boarded a third sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean after tracking it from the Caribbean Sea in an effort to target illicit oil connected to Venezuela, the Pentagon said on Tuesday. An organisation that tracks ship movements said the vessel was the only tanker left to pursue after more than a…
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Meet the Pentagons AI bro squad
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers covering the broligarchs, the influencers, and the (potentially conscious) artificial intelligence models scrambling for power in Washington. If you’re not a subscriber yet, assert your humanity against the will of the machines by signing up here. Very important news: Do you want to tell me…
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Opinion | EU has a key role to play in the new world order in the making
The maxim, “The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must”, attributed to the Athenian historian Thucydides, described the reality of world politics for millennia. Today there are forces that wish to see a return to a world where “might equals right”. The European Union, born out of the ashes of…
