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Europe is rearming, but not every country at the same pace
Just days before the NATO summit set for Turkey, ratings agency S&P Global Ratings published an analysis that tempers the general enthusiasm

The Oxford calculator that finally reassures patients on statins
Researchers at the University of Oxford, based at the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences, have developed a new risk calculator

In Brazil, the Epstein recruitment network investigation advances with no time limit
Brazil's federal public prosecutor's office, known by its acronym MPF, opened an investigation in February 2026 to determine whether a recruitmentnetwork tied

US sanctions against the ICC stay in force, Karim Khan faces double pressure
In early July 2026, the American sanctions imposed under Executive Order 14203 against six people tied to the International Criminal Court, including

Claude Code, the tool Alibaba is banning over backdoor fears
Just a few months ago, Claude Code was, for most of the general public, just one coding tool among many, developed by

How Todd Blanche justifies keeping 2.5 million Epstein pages sealed
On July 2, 2026, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche filed a legal memo meant to justify why the Department of Justice is

Common Stroke Type Had the Wrong Culprit for Decades
For decades, medicine explained a common type of stroke, lacunar stroke, through a single, well-known cause: the buildup of fatty plaques that

Zaporizhzhia Plays Its Dangerous Game With European Nuclear Power Again
In early July 2026, the occupied Zaporizhzhianuclear plant, the largest in Europe, once again lost its external power supply, after its last

Scientists Awaken the Forgotten Ability to Regrow Our Bones
Researchers at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine, working with Tulane, Arizona State, Stanford and Vienna's Ludwig Boltzmann Institute, published findings