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Is DRAM at a permanently higher plateau?
There are titles one should never write. “The End of History” is one. “Permanent Plateau” is another. As such, anything with the word “permanently” in it may belong on the…
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Warrantless spying extension stalls in US Senate
Privacy advocates celebrated Friday after a Republican-led effort to extend warrantless spying powers failed to advance in the US Senate in the early hours of the morning, with seven GOP lawmakers joining every Democrat except…
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Stealth jets, subs, missiles: The sub-continental arms race you can’t ignore
Beijing’s support is reshaping Pakistan’s arsenal, pressuring Delhi to advance its defense programs and speed up procurements Pakistan signed a landmark defense deal with China last month to acquire 40…
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How Russian media and experts reacted to Germany’s UN humiliation
Berlin has only itself to blame for failing to get a seat on the Security Council, experts and journalists have said Losing what had been a quasi-guaranteed seat on the…
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Sino-West trade strains deepen on new tariffs and rules
New US tariffs and tougher EU regulations heighten pressure on China, raising the risk of retaliation and broader global trade conflagration. Mounting trade tensions involving China have become a significant…
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Xi Jinping to pay state visit to North Korea
This comes weeks after the Chinese leader hosted the Russian and US presidents in Beijing Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit North Korea next week at the invitation of the…
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How I learned to stop worrying and love American monopolies
For many years, I was a big proponent of the idea that increased market power was harming the US economy in various ways. In the 2010s, in the economics world,…
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Israel bombs Lebanon as Hezbollah rejects ‘shameless surrender’
Naim Qassem has accused Washington of seeking to force Beirut to accept a humiliating Israeli occupation Israeli strikes in southern and eastern Lebanon have injured and killed dozens of civilians,…
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Ukraine dismantles monument to legendary Kiev-born writer (VIDEO)
Kiev has removed a memorial to Mikhail Bulgakov as part of its campaign against Russian-linked heritage A monument to Kiev-born Russian writer Mikhail Bulgakov has been dismantled in the Ukrainian…
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South Korean Starbucks probe: arbitrary power in justice’s name
South Korea’s Starbucks marketing controversy is no longer only about a badly judged campaign. It has become a test of whether democratic memory will restrain arbitrary power or reproduce it.…