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Modis silence on Iran lost Indias voice in the Middle East
The US-Israel attack on Iran has redrawn the Middle East’s map, and India has already managed to lose. For decades, New Delhi cultivated a “reputation” for its so-called “strategic autonomy”, maintaining parallel relationships with Israel, Iran and the Gulf emirs and sheikhs while avoiding entanglement in their conflicts. That carefully constructed edifice has crumbled in…
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I cant wait for Motorolas GrapheneOS phones: Why theyre a win for privacy and open source
Bloomberg / Contributor / Bloomberg via Getty Images Follow ZDNET:Add us as a preferred sourceon Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways In 2027, a major phone OEM will ship phones with a new open-source OS. Security and privacy are the big selling points of Motorola’s GrapheneOS phones. Some users are concerned about Motorola’s Chinese ownership. Some people…
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Khameneis killing is neocolonialisms final gambit
In 1953, the US and the UK staged a coup in Iran that deposed Prime Minister Mohammad Mossadegh, the first democratically elected leader of a major Muslim country. The intervention, staged to regain control over Iranian oil, was a milestone in the transition from colonialism to neocolonialism. The recent US-Israeli killing by bombing of Iran’s…
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All eyes on Texas as first elections of the 2026 midterm campaigns begin
US Senator John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will square off in a high-stakes run-off for the state’s Republican nomination for Senate, pitting a long-time member of the party’s establishment against an insurgent hardliner as the midterm elections kicked off on Tuesday. Neither man was able to exceed the 50 per cent threshold…
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I fiddled the meter for a mate – and the shop burnt down
“Anything from an £80 job for families on the breadline needing to fiddle the electric to keep the kids warm, to businesses who just don’t want to pay the rates and would happily pay up to £2,000 for me to sort it, to rich people who want the mains spliced to feed their summer houses…
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Hong Kongs Ocean Park to open new conservation centre featuring whale skeleton
Hong Kong’s Ocean Park will transform its North Pole Encounter zone into a new marine mammal conservation centre, set to showcase the skeleton of the Bryde’s whale that washed ashore in Sai Kung in 2023. The new exhibit, slated for the first quarter of 2027, will highlight the park’s marine mammal research and rescue efforts….
