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The Atlantic: ‘The Iranian Period Is Finished’
Războiul Israel – Hezbollah
The Atlantic: ‘The Iranian Period Is Finished’

Hezbollah’s losses have led some in Lebanon to imagine a future without it.

The Guardian: ‘They want to show no one can escape’: how the long arm of Russia is reaching out for Putin critics in exile
Dictatura lui Putin
The Guardian: ‘They want to show no one can escape’: how the long arm of Russia is reaching out for Putin critics in exile

Moscow is using ties with neighbouring countries to deport and arrest anti-war Russians who fled after invasion of Ukraine

Foreign Affairs: The Return of Total War
O nouă epocă a războiului
Foreign Affairs: The Return of Total War

Understanding—and Preparing for—a New Era of Comprehensive Conflict

The New York Times: Their Son’s Death Was Devastating. Then Politics Made It Worse.
Teoria conspirației
The New York Times: Their Son’s Death Was Devastating. Then Politics Made It Worse.

After Aiden Clark was killed in a school bus accident in Springfield, Ohio, his death inspired conspiracy theories, campaign lies and anti-immigrant hate. Now his family is the latest target.

BBC: The weird history of the barcode
Coduri de bare, de la linii pe nisip la semnul Antihristului
BBC: The weird history of the barcode

Few people think twice about the barcodes on their shopping, but in the 75 years since they were first dreamed up, they have helped save lives, gone into space and stoked fears of the Antichrist.

Matca: De două ori în același râu
Rusia: misoginismul, instrument al puterii
Matca: De două ori în același râu

Războiul lui Putin împotriva femeilor

The Economist: North Korea is sending thousands of soldiers to help Vladimir Putin
Trupe nord-coreene în Rusia
The Economist: North Korea is sending thousands of soldiers to help Vladimir Putin

It shows how far Russia has fallen as a strategic power

The Economist: Maia Sandu, Moldova’s president, dares to stand up to Russia
Referendumul din Republica Moldova
The Economist: Maia Sandu, Moldova’s president, dares to stand up to Russia

It will try but may fail to stymie her in an election and referendum this weekend

Foreign Affairs: Sinwar Is Dead, but Hamas Will Survive
Războiul Israel – Hamas
Foreign Affairs: Sinwar Is Dead, but Hamas Will Survive

His Death, However, Could Create an Opening for Peace

The Guardian: ‘Humanity would watch helplessly as space junk multiplies uncontrollably’: has the number of satellite launches reached a tipping point?
Ambuteiaj pe orbita Pământului
The Guardian: ‘Humanity would watch helplessly as space junk multiplies uncontrollably’: has the number of satellite launches reached a tipping point?

From chaotic collisions to depletion of the ozone layer, the thousands of satellites in orbit around Earth have the potential to wreak havoc in coming decades. What are the solutions to a growing menace?

The Atlantic: Trump Is Speaking Like Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini
Alegeri SUA
The Atlantic: Trump Is Speaking Like Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini

The former president has brought dehumanizing language into American presidential politics.

The Economist: This tiny country is a laboratory for Russia’s dirty tricks
Republica Moldova și Rusia
The Economist: This tiny country is a laboratory for Russia’s dirty tricks

The Kremlin wants to rig Moldova’s election. The country is fighting back

Deutsche Welle: Rusia și crima organizată pentru destabilizarea Moldovei
Crima organizată de Rusia în Republica Moldova
Deutsche Welle: Rusia și crima organizată pentru destabilizarea Moldovei

Rusia și crima organizată din Republica Moldova și-au unit eforturile pentru a influența rezultatele alegerilor prezidențiale și referendumul de duminică, arată o investigație publicată de Ziarul de Gardă de la Chișinău.

Associated Press: His country trained him to fight. Then he turned against it. More like him are doing the same
Miliții extremiste în SUA
Associated Press: His country trained him to fight. Then he turned against it. More like him are doing the same

The U.S. military trained him in explosives and battlefield tactics. Now the Iraq War veteran and enlisted National Guard member was calling for taking up arms against police and government officials in his own country.

Los Angeles Times: L.A. Catholic church covered up molesting priests for decades. The price: $1.5 billion and so much pain
Minori molestați de preoți catolici
Los Angeles Times: L.A. Catholic church covered up molesting priests for decades. The price: $1.5 billion and so much pain

Clergy sex abuse scandals have rocked Catholic churches across the world, but few places have seen the financial toll of the Los Angeles Archdiocese.

The Economist: Fifty years of Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix: 50 de ani de la „Hey Joe"
The Economist: Fifty years of Jimi Hendrix

“The best guitarist any of us ever had”, said Jimmy Page of Jimi Hendrix, who released his first record, “Hey Joe”, 50 years ago this week

The Washington Post: Russia’s illicit Starlink terminals help power its advance in Ukraine
Armata rusă și Starlink
The Washington Post: Russia’s illicit Starlink terminals help power its advance in Ukraine

Ukraine’s outgunned and outmanned army had one major advantage over its enemy: internet through Starlink terminals. Now the Russians have it, too.

New York Times: 50 Years After Killing, a Berlin Court Convicts a Stasi Officer of Murder
Ofițer Stasi condamnat după 50 de ani
New York Times: 50 Years After Killing, a Berlin Court Convicts a Stasi Officer of Murder

The court handed down a guilty verdict and a 10-year sentence to a former officer of East Germany’s dreaded secret police, in a case straight out of the Cold War.

The Guardian: Journalist or Russian spy? The strange case of Pablo González
Spion rus acoperit ca jurnalist
The Guardian: Journalist or Russian spy? The strange case of Pablo González

As a Spanish reporter, Pablo González charmed his way into Russian opposition circles and covered Putin’s wars. Then, in 2022, he was arrested on suspicion of espionage. Many former associates now believe that he betrayed them

The Nature: Why are some countries so rich? Economics Nobel awarded for study of inequality
Premiul Nobel pentru economie
The Nature: Why are some countries so rich? Economics Nobel awarded for study of inequality

Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson win for research on the contrasting fortunes of postcolonial nations.

El Pais: Alarm in Ukraine over increasing number of army deserters
Ucraina: 80.000 de dezertori
El Pais: Alarm in Ukraine over increasing number of army deserters

At least 80,000 soldiers have deserted their units so far during the war with Russia, more than half of them in the first eight months of 2024

Politico: Poland to suspend right to asylum as ‘hybrid war’ escalates on Belarus border
Polonia suspendă temporar drepturile migranților
Politico: Poland to suspend right to asylum as ‘hybrid war’ escalates on Belarus border

Warsaw is calling on the EU to accept its temporary suspension of migrants’ rights.

BBC: How have social media algorithms changed the way we interact?
Algoritmii social media
BBC: How have social media algorithms changed the way we interact?

This year alone, governments around the world have attempted to limit the impacts of harmful content and disinformation on social media – effects that are amplified by algorithms.

The Guardian: ‘Every day is a new conspiracy’: behind Trump’s ironclad grip on rightwing media
Trump și teoriile conspirației
The Guardian: ‘Every day is a new conspiracy’: behind Trump’s ironclad grip on rightwing media

What rightwing outlets cover increasingly differs from the mainstream, furthering the bubbles a divided US lives in