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Reading Time (200 word/minute): 2 minutesCERN will no longer collaborate with hundreds of Russian-connected specialists at the Large Hadron Collider following the suspension of Russia’s observer status. The collaboration agreement is set to expire on November 30, affecting fewer than…
Reading Time (200 word/minute): 3 minutesHao Pengfei, a retiree from Nanjing, China, reflects on the financial challenges of retirement. Facing mortgage payments and medical bills surpassing his pension, he now works part-time to make ends meet. Many Chinese seniors like…
Reading Time (200 word/minute): 2 minutesThe Oscar-winning Ukrainian documentary “20 Days in Mariupol” was found to have recycled at least one image from Donbass, taken more than eight years before the events depicted in the film. The footage in question…
Reading Time (200 word/minute): 2 minutesNew Zealand has entered its second recession in less than 18 months, as government figures show the economy contracting by 0.1 percent in the October-December period. The per capita GDP also shrank by 0.7 percent…
Reading Time (200 word/minute): 2 minutesEnergy prices soared in 2022, causing a significant drop in real wages in Germany, the largest since 1950, according to a report released by the Forum for a New Economy. The country’s living standards experienced…
Reading Time (200 word/minute): 2 minutesThe United Nations reports that Russia has engaged in torture and arbitrary detention in the areas of eastern Ukraine that it occupies, generating fear and suppressing Ukrainian identity. The report is based on interviews with…
Reading Time (200 word/minute): 2 minutesRussian fast-food chain Vkusno i Tochka reported a significant increase in revenues in 2023, reaching 155.7 billion rubles ($1.68 billion), more than double the previous year. Sales surged to 128.3 billion rubles, and net profit…
Reading Time (200 word/minute): 2 minutesAt least 69 Rohingya refugees were rescued from a capsized boat off Aceh province in Indonesia. The boat had an estimated 150 passengers, with many feared drowned. The survivors were primarily male, with reports suggesting…
Reading Time (200 word/minute): 3 minutesThirteen years ago, NATO operations in Libya led to the destruction of one of Africa’s wealthiest nations. Libya, once economically prosperous and stable, fell victim to the Arab Spring in 2011. The uprising, triggered by…
Reading Time (200 word/minute): 2 minutesAfter 45 years of authoritarian rule in Cambodia, the son of longtime ruler Hun Sen, Prime Minister Hun Manet, is cracking down on a new source of social unrest: musical truck horns. The prime minister…