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US strikes Iran for first time in weeks in attack on rocket launchers

Oil prices rise after American military hits an island in the Strait of Hormuz to prevent mines being laid in the strategic waterway

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Ukraine’s ex-defence minister touts ‘new history’ in war against Russia with planned tech fund

Mykhailo Fedorov seeks western capital to build and manage weapons development companies he says will help Kyiv resist Moscow

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Friends with fiscal benefits

Cross-class friendships appear to be one of the strongest predictors of upward mobility for people in low socio-economic groups

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Americans feel they have lost their agency

People increasingly blame large corporations for the sense that they have ever less control over their own lives

logo.png  By NB  Aug 31, 2026