Thursday, September 24, 2026

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Assessing the legality of deployed U.S. space weapons within existing treaties

Assessing the legality of deployed U.S. space weapons within existing treaties
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Figure 1: Graphic c/o Grok. Last week’s statement by General Dan Caine, Chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff, that “today’s modern battlefield operates from the seabed to cislunar space,” was the first in a series of noteworthy announcements at the Air & Space...
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BIG Wrap

Trump greets Xi with fanfare but expectations for summit are low

(CNN) The lavish fanfare President Donald Trump is laying on for China’s leader Xi Jinping implies that a grand global moment is at hand. In...

Why is Iran threatening regional airports, and what could be the impact?

(Al Jazeera Media Network) Iran has threatened neighbouring countries with retaliation if they enforce new United States sanctions designed to stop Iranian airlines from operating internationally,...

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Terra Carta – the charter that inverts constitutional liberty

Terra Carta – the charter that inverts constitutional liberty

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In June 1215, King John sealed the Magna Carta at Runnymede, establishing the foundational principle that no sovereign power could deprive a free person...
The UN seems to have forgotten what matters to humanity

The UN seems to have forgotten what matters to humanity

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In 2000, the United Nations set eight millennium development goals (MDGs). They were not poetry. They were a short list of mostly efficient, targeted...
AI ethics in practice: real dilemmas, real decisions

AI ethics in practice: real dilemmas, real decisions

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Artificial intelligence has no shortage of ethical principles. Fairness, transparency, accountability, privacy, human oversight and explainability now appear in corporate policies, government frameworks, and...

BIG Chuckle

Pumped-up politicians trade blows in battle of the brains

As a part-time humour writer, I am always looking for ways to tickle readers' funny bones. Sometimes, though, in order to elicit a chuckle, all...

Step aside Donald – I am gunning for the Nobel Peace Prize

With the United States having initiated military conflict with numerous nations in recent months, I think it is safe to say that Donald Trump...

BIG Mouth (Opinion)
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News media faith in experts continues to lead us astray

Don't blame Anthony Fauci and other medical officials for all of the lies. Don't blame Al Gore and the other climate alarmists for being wrong...

From cribbage board to battlefield, AI-generated content is not to be trusted blindly

Once again today, I find myself defending the work of my editorial team because an armchair quarterback has had an AI chatbot provide analysis...

The Dunning-Kruger effect – why you are often wrong when it feels so right

In 2021 and 2022, as a fledgling platform offering an elevated form of news journalism, it was difficult to educate the masses because the...

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