How will mines dropped by drones change warfare?

LAST YEAR Ukraine’s elite “Birds of Magyar” drone unit tried a new tactic. Instead of dropping bombs, they placed mines on ro...

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Catch up:Trump reacts to Washington crash; Israel releases Palestinian prisoners

President Donald Trump said that America was “in mourning” after officials confirmed that there were no survivors of a mid-ai...

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Catch up:aftermath of the Washington crash; Bundestag rejects CDU migration law

Investigators in Washington, DC will try to retrieve the wreckage of a passenger plane and military helicopter that crashed i...

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Catch up:aftermath of the Washington crash; China’s new military command centre

Investigators in Washington, DC will try to retrieve the wreckage of a passenger plane and military helicopter that crashed i...

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Catch up:no survivors in Washington crash; China’s new military command centre

President Donald Trump said that America was “in mourning” after officials confirmed that there were no survivors of a mid-ai...

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An alternative theory to explain America’s murder spike in 2020

You might call it a new golden age. America’s economy is strong, overdose deaths are falling and crime rates are down. For th...

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Are internet firms the problem, or are you the problem?

Superbloom. By Nicholas Carr. W.W. Norton; 272 pages; $29.99 and £19.99 IN EARLY 2019 an unusual abundance of orange poppies ...

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Armed groups are terrorising Colombia’s border with Venezuela

On January 16th violence erupted in Catatumbo on Colombia’s border with Venezuela. Colombia’s oldest active guerrilla group, ...

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As adoptions collapse, demand for international surrogacy is soaring

WHEN SHAKIR MOHAMED and his male partner wanted to start a family in London, they looked to adopt a child. But faced with a l...

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Britain’s oldest newspaper is a treasure trove of trivia

On August 6th 1776 the London Gazette did what it had done for over 110 years. It named freshly bankrupted merchants. It adve...

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