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  13 hours ago

  A 3D Model Reveals What the Parthenon and Its Interior Looked Like 2,500 Years Ago

  openculture.com - Colin Marshall

  Standing atop the Acropolis in Athens as it has for nearly 2,500 years now, the Parthenon remains an impressive sight indeed. Not that those two and …

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  10 hours ago

  Germany deploys permanent troops beyond its borders for the first time since WWII

  NBC News - By Astha Rajvanshi

  It's perhaps the most significant move by a European nation to bolster defenses on NATO’s eastern flank as Trump insists Europe pays more to defend itself. Germany has this week deployed a permanent military brigade beyond its borders for the first time since the end of World War II. The historic …

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  9 hours ago

  Stock markets tumble after Trump threatens tariffs against European Union and Apple

  PBS News - Stan Choe, Associated Press

  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are falling on Friday after President Donald Trump threatened 50% tariffs on the European Union that could begin in a …

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  12 hours ago

  Bad news for Trump’s Golden Dome: He can’t build it without Canada

  POLITICO - By Jack Detsch, Paul McLeary and Nick Taylor-Vaisey

  The president would need to rely on Ottawa to track Chinese and Russian missiles that could come at the U.S. from over the horizon. President Donald Trump left out a key detail this week when he outlined his plans for a massive missile and air defense shield over the continent: He can’t build it …

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  14 hours ago

  Slave Compensation Act of 1837: How Britain Paid Millions to Slave Owners After Abolition While Freed Slaves Got Nothing

  talkafricana.com - Nkwocha Chinedu

  In 1834, when the British Empire officially abolished slavery, the government organized what would become one of the largest transfers of wealth to …

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  1 day ago

  Ukraine's new drone strategy — cripple Moscow's airports, make Russian population 'pay'

  The Kyiv Independent - Tim Zadorozhnyy

  Hundreds of Ukrainian kamikaze drones have flown towards Moscow in recent weeks. None appear to have even reached the Russian capital, yet the effect …