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Man relaxing in the ocean
Babewatch
Western men are going abroad to find traditional wives
Frustration with modern dating has fuelled the rise of “passport bros”
A FURY drone sits inside the Arsenal-1 manufacturing facility, operated by Anduril, in Ashville, Ohio.
Shooting to prominence
Anduril, Palantir and SpaceX are changing how America wages war
The Trump administration is cosying up to a clique of “neo-primes”
The Lijian-1 Y5 commercial carrier rocket carrying 15 satellites onboard blasts off from a commercial aerospace innovation pilot zone on November 11, 2024 in Alxa League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region of China.
Views of the Middle East
How Chinese satellites have boosted Iran’s war effort
As American images went dark, Chinese alternatives filled the void
A portrait of Alice Evans
By Invitation
Iran’s insistence on controlling Hormuz is penny smart, dollar foolish
Demanding tolls or restricting traffic indefinitely would be self-defeating, argues Ali Amiri, an Iranian businessman
A person dive-bombing into a cooking pot full of bones
Well Informed
Is bone broth good for you?
Or is it just tasty?