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Britain Jails Two Men in Landmark China Espionage Case Targeting Hong Kong Dissidents
Ancient Stepwells Reemerge as India Confronts Deepening Water Stress
Taiwan Presses Washington for $14 Billion Arms Package Amid Rising China Pressure
Starbucks Korea Faces Police Probe After ‘Tank Day’ Campaign Triggers Historical Backlash
Trump Showers Praise on Modi at G7 Despite Trade Frictions and Gulf Strike Fallout

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Modern Education’s Emphasis on Measurement Is Eroding Childhood Imagination, Educators Warn

“‘In some sense, criteria are imagination’s opposite, its antonym.’” Concerns over the decline of childhood imagination are gaining renewed attention

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MIT Writing Professor Warns AI-Generated Fiction Risks Eroding Critical Thinking and Creative Development

“‘Writing isn’t just the production of sentences – it’s the training of endurance by way of sustained attention.’” The growing

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Perinatal Mental Illness Remains Pregnancy’s Most Common Complication Despite Gaps in Care, Specialists Say

“‘Until she can, we are failing the most common complication of pregnancy and pretending we do not know it.’” Mental

Minnesota Fraud Watchdog Gains Momentum Amid Somali Welfare Probe

Chicago— Minnesota lawmakers investigating alleged large-scale fraud tied to social welfare programs said the state House’s approval this week of

Hormuz Strike Deepens Maritime Tensions

Seoul — South Korea said on Sunday that unidentified aircraft struck a South Korean-operated cargo vessel in the Strait of

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Spain Begins Evacuation From Hantavirus-Stricken Cruise Ship

Tenerife— Spanish authorities on Sunday began evacuating passengers from the cruise vessel MV Hondius after a hantavirus outbreak linked to

Latest Middle East and North Africa News Top Stories

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Gulf Flare-Up: Cargo Ship Struck by Projectile Off Qatar Amid Fragile Iran Ceasefire

Washington- A commercial bulk carrier caught fire after being struck by an unidentified projectile off the coast of Qatar on

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Israel Expels Gaza Flotilla Activists After Maritime Interception

Jerusalem- Israel deported two foreign activists detained aboard a Gaza-bound aid flotilla on Sunday after authorities accused them of links

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Hormuz Brinkmanship Deepens as US-Iran War Grinds On

Tehran- Hormuz Brinkmanship Deepens as US-Iran War Grinds OnThe United States and Iran showed no sign of moving closer to

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Sharaa Reshuffles Syrian Leadership, Removes Brother From Presidency Role

Damascus-Syrian President Ahmed Al-Sharaa replaced several senior officials and ministers on Saturday, including his brother, in a partial government reshuffle