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Article content (Bloomberg) — Nearly four years after Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war’s toll is measured not only in the shattered cities across the border but increasingly in Russia’s own frontier regions. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in…

Last updated: 16/02 - 18:50 Revellers walked beside floats mocking leaders from Donald Trump to Vladimir Putin, proving that carnival here is also a space for comment. Many say humour makes politics easier to approach. The sharpest designs come from sculptor Jacques Tilly, whose work has even drawn legal threats…

When Alan DeKok began a side project in network security, he didn’t expect to start a 27-year career. In fact, he didn’t initially set out to work in computing at all. DeKok studied nuclear physics before making the switch to a part of network computing that is foundational but—like nuclear…

French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is prepared to use biological weapons against his own people after claims emerged that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny died of poisoning. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot said that Russian President Vladimir Putin is prepared to use biological weapons…

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Suspected members of Boko Haram have circulated a video purportedly showing more than 100 women and children abducted from Woro and Nuku communities in Kwara State. In the footage released on Saturday, the insurgents claimed that 176 persons were kidnapped during the recent attacks, disputing earlier official estimates which put…

The National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder in December. RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post/Getty Images A leading American research lab is slated to lose its critical supercomputing facility, according to a letter released Thursday by the National Science Foundation. The move is part of the Trump administration’s effort to…

Five European countries accused Russia on Saturday of "poisoning" opposition leader Alexei Navalny in 2024 using a "rare toxin", according to a statement issued on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. "The UK, Sweden, France, Germany and The Netherlands are confident that Alexei Navalny was poisoned with a lethal toxin,"…

(Bernat Armangue/Russian Presidential Press Service/AP photos) Russia’s Vladimir Putin lost twice as many soldiers in January of 2026 as the Soviet Union lost during its entire campaign in Afghanistan in the 1980s, pointed out CNN’s Jim Sciutto this week. Bloomberg reported on the stunning numbers in a Thursday article, noting…

Computing processes can cause the device to get hot. (Image credit: Birdlkportfolio via Getty Images) Scientists at MIT have published a proof of concept for new analog computing components that could allow electronic devices to process data using the heat they generate. In a study published Jan. 29 in the…