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Southeast Asian nations look to hedge their way out of troubled waters in the South China Sea
(THE CONVERSATION) The South China Sea has long been a bubbling geopolitical hot spot. Recently, a series of moves by the various nations claiming a stake in the waters has stirred up yet more trouble.
Malaysia has of late reaffirmed its commitment to oil and gas exploration in waters claimed by China while quietly building up i ... (full story)
Middle age is a time when women are vulnerable to eating disorders
(THE CONVERSATION) "No one expects a grown woman in her 40s to have an eating disorder. That's for teenagers, right? Well, guess what – it happened to me."
Alexa, a 44-year-old real estate agent, was telling me about her struggle with non-purging bulimia, which has come to control her life. We spoke in 2024 at a ... (full story)
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What's left for the Supreme Court to decide? 21 cases, including state bans on transgender care
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is in the homestretch of a term that has lately been dominated by the Trump administration's emergency appeals of lower court orders seeking to slow President Donald Trump's efforts to remake the federal government.
But the justices also have 21 cases to resolve that were argued between ... (full story)
Abortion clinics are closing, even in states where abortion is legal
The abortion funding system across the U.S. is battered three years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and allowed states to enforce bans.
An initial surge of donations has subsided, scores of clinics have closed and advocates fear that federal policy changes will result in more shutting down.
"We're all col ... (full story)
AI chatbots need more books to learn from. These libraries are opening their stacks
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Everything ever said on the internet was just the start of teaching artificial intelligence about humanity. Tech companies are now tapping into an older repository of knowledge: the library stacks.
Nearly one million books published as early as the 15th century — and in 254 languages — a ... (full story)
UN nuclear watchdog board censures Iran, which retaliates by announcing a new enrichment site
VIENNA (AP) — The U.N. nuclear watchdog's board of governors formally found that Iran isn't complying with its nuclear obligations for the first time in 20 years, a move that could lead to further tensions and set in motion an effort to restore United Nations sanctions on Tehran later this year.
Iran reacted immediately, s ... (full story)