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Chinas Belt and Road meets its security test in Pakistan
The recent wave of coordinated militant attacks across Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan has once again exposed the fragile intersection of security, geopolitics and development at the heart of one of Asia’s most consequential infrastructure corridors. For Beijing, the January violence was not merely a security incident inside Pakistan but a strategic stress test for…
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US should embrace, not resist, rise of middle powers
The post-Cold War fantasy of a unipolar world order under American hegemony is definitively over. What’s emerging in its place isn’t the neat bipolar rivalry between Washington and Beijing that many strategists anticipated, but rather a more chaotic multipolar system where middle powers are discovering they have more room to maneuver than at any time…
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Venezuela frees opposition members in post-Maduro prisoner releases
Venezuela’s government on Sunday released from prison several prominent opposition members, including one of the closest allies of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Maria Corina Machado, after lengthy politically motivated detentions. Their releases come as the government of acting President Delcy Rodriguez faces mounting pressure to free hundreds of people whose detentions months or years ago…
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I tried a Claude Code rival thats local, open source, and completely free – how it went
Elyse Betters Picaro / ZDNET Follow ZDNET:Add us as a preferred sourceon Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Free AI tools Goose and Qwen3-coder may replace a pricey Claude Code plan. Setup is straightforward but requires a powerful local machine. Early tests show promise, though issues remain with accuracy and retries. Jack Dorsey is the founder of…
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Seattle Seahawks Defeat New England Patriots to Win Super Bowl LX
There’s a new Super Bowl champion. The Seattle Seahawks beat the New England Patriots to take home the Vince Lombardi Trophy on Sunday at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California. The first quarter ended with Seattle ahead 3-0. At halftime, the score was 9-0, and the third quarter ended at 12-0. The Seahawks managed to…
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Bad Bunny Brings Latin Love to His 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show
It’s no surprise that Bad Bunny made his Apple Music Super Bowl LX Halftime Show a big dance party, filled with love, on Sunday. The Puerto Rican rapper and singer, who took home several Grammys last weekend, including album of the year for DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, brought his beloved music to football’s biggest night…
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Liam Ramos, the 5-Year-Old Detained by ICE, Was Not the Boy in Bad Bunnys 2026 Super Bowl Halftime Show
Bad Bunny‘s Super BowlLX Halftime Show performance was much talked about Sunday night, though one particular part of the act left the internet in much speculation. After taking the big stage and performing his track “NUEVAYoL” from his Grammy Award-winning album DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS, cameras panned over to a young boy sitting on a…
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I Watched Turning Point USAs Kid Rock Halftime Show So You Dont Have To
Kid Rock headlined Turning Point USA’s MAGA-friendly “All American” Halftime Show alternative on Sunday, with the right-wing organization airing the concert in tandem with Bad Bunny’s official performancein protest over the Puerto Rican superstar’s show. With about as much subtlety as one would expect from a TPUSA-promoted Kid Rock show, Rock and fellow performers Brantley…
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Bad Bunnys Super Bowl LX Halftime Show Was a Star-Studded Affair With Lady Gaga, Pedro Pascal and More
Bad Bunny’s halftime performance during Sunday’s Super Bowl was a truly star-studded affair. As many hosts do, the Puerto Rican icon had multiple musical guests join him on stage to perform with him during his medley of hit songs. Lady Gaga made a surprise appearance and, even more surprising, opting to sing her own song,…
