Max Boot: Risk of sleep-walking from a trade war to a shooting war is real

In 2014, eminent political scientist Graham Allison wrote an influential book called &Destined for War: Can America and China Escape Thucydides&s Trap?&. The subtitle referred to a famous passage in Thucydides&s &History of the Peloponnesian War&: &It was the rise of Athens, and the fear that this inspired in Sparta, that made war inevitable.&

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Field hospital hit in Israeli air strike on Gaza Strip

An Israeli airstrike hit the northern gate of a field hospital in the Gaza Strip, wounding 10 people, including three medics and seven patients, a spokesman for the hospital said.

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Harvard University funding frozen after it refuses Trump administration's demands to limit activism on campus

The US federal government says it is freezing more than 2.2 billion dollars in grants and 60 million US dollars in contracts to Harvard University, after the institution said it would defy the Trump administration's demands to limit activism on campus.

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Italian teen set to be first millennial saint was 'ordinary child', says mother

Carlo Acutis, a British-born Italian boy who built websites to spread his faith, will be proclaimed the Catholic Church's first saint of the millennial generation this month, elevating him to the same level as Mother Teresa and Francis of Assisi.

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How Musk ‘genius myth& exposes flaw in way we see leaders

Elon Musk&s misadventures with DOGE might be the ultimate example of a powerful flaw in how we think about leaders. That&s our tendency to believe skills and accomplishments are portable, that someone who excels in one venue will be just as impressive in others. I call this exceptional - if imaginary - superpower &omni-genius.&In reality, though, success doesn&t exist without context. While there&s no pleasure in watching Musk make a mess of the US government, maybe it will help clarify the crucial link between the two.

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Jury selection to start in retrial of Harvey Weinstein

Jury selection is starting for the retrial of movie mogul Harvey Weinstein for alleged sex offences.

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