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‘Day of jihad’ sees anti-Israel protests around the world after former Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal told Muslims to ‘take to the streets’

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Anti-Israel protests have been held in a ‘day of jihad’ across the world today after former Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal demanded thousands of Muslims take to the streets to demonstrate amid the ongoing conflict. 

The demonstrations were staged after Friday prayers in Muslim communities around the world – including in Iraq,  Japan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka – condemning Israel’s attacks on Gaza and showing support for Palestinians in the wake of the deadly surprise attack launched by Hamas terrorists in

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The Best Years of My Country Are Behind Me

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Fear, Power, and Hubris: Bush and the Iraq War

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At the Pentagon on the afternoon of 9/11, as the fires still burned and ambulances blared, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld returned from the smoke-filled courtyard to his office. His closest aide, Undersecretary Stephen Cambone, cryptically recorded the secretary’s thinking about Saddam Hussein and Osama (or Usama) bin Laden: “Hit S. H. @same time; Not only UBL; near term target needs—go massive—sweep it all up—need to do so to hit anything useful.”

The president did not agree. That night,

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How to Survive Our Apocalyptic Future

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Defence Secretary Ben Wallace jets to US amid fears that Putin will launch ‘nuclear show of force’

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There are serious concerns Vladimir Putin will make a ‘nuclear show of force’ after Defence Secretary Ben Wallace flew to Washington yesterday for emergency talks with the Pentagon.

A third of Ukraine was left without power as the new head of Russia’s armed forces Sergei Suvorikin, nicknamed ‘General Armageddon’, launched a series of missile and drone strikes.

At least three residents were killed and now 1,162 towns or villages across 16 Ukrainian regions are without power as the general, who

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Google DeepMind AI reveals 3D structure of 200 million proteins contained in EVERY living thing

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Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence has revealed the 3-D structure of 200 million proteins that are contained in every living organism – enabling scientists to instantaneously access in-depth information on the building blocks of life. 

Scientists used to spend many months or years to understand the structure of proteins prior to the AI program known as AlphaFold having solved one of biology’s most difficult problems in November 2020. Researchers often used tools like X-rays, but now that complex information is available

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