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In these days of war, when Red Crescent workers pull someone from beneath the rubble, they do not ask that person’s political or religious beliefs. Their service is universal, directed toward the preservation of all Iranian lives.

For the first time in France, and possibly for the first time ever, anywhere, an entire corporation had been put on trial and found criminally liable for enabling terrorism.

Data from more than 15,000 ancient people reveal natural selection of hundreds of genes linked to immunity, skin tone, behaviour and other traits.

Secret memos obtained by The New York Times illuminate the origins of the court’s now-routine “shadow docket” rulings on presidential power.

The company says Mythos is too dangerous to release publicly. Cybersecurity experts agree the model's capabilities matter, but not all of them are buying the most alarming claims

No president has tried so of course it has never worked

Mexico’s new national health system aims to provide universal care. At a moment when US taxpayer dollars are being harnessed to destroy health care infrastructure abroad, Mexico is attempting to make a constitutional right to care into a reality

Everybody within the organization owed their job to Cesar. He appointed everybody, he could discharge anybody at his will, which he often did. That wasn’t just theoretical power; periodic purges pulsed through the organization.

The revival of the hit 2000s sitcom has none of the political subversiveness of the original. But should we be surprised? Social and economic pressures, arguably more intense now than in the 2000s, are noticeably absent in the show.

It is critical to understand these cuts in the broader context of the already highly dysfunctional U.S. health care system.