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The next Dalai Lama could be from any gender: How will the successor be chosen?

The next Dalai Lama could be from any gender: How will the successor be chosen?

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02 Jul 2025

5 min read

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Do all Iranians hate the regime? Hate America? Life inside the country is much more complex and nuanced

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27 Jun 2025

6 min read

President Donald Trump is seen on a monitor in the White House press briefing room on June 21, 2025, after the U.S. military strike on three sites in Iran. AP Photo/Alex Brandon

Presidents of both parties have launched military action without Congress declaring war − Trump’s bombing of Iran is just the latest

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24 Jun 2025

4 min read

You only have to look at a map of the Strait of Hormuz to see why this is one of the world’s more important waterways. Yonhap/Newcom/Alamy Live News

Iran is considering closing the strait of Hormuz – why this would be a major escalation

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24 Jun 2025

4 min read

Iranians hold posters of late Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps head Hossein Salami (left), and late Iranian Armed Forces Chief of Staff General Mohammad Bagheri (right), who were killed in Israeli airstrikes in recent days.

Iran war: from the Middle East to America, history shows you cannot assassinate your way to peace

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20 Jun 2025

4 min read

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian pose for a photo during their meeting at the Kremlin on January 17, 2025.

Who are Iran’s allies? And would any help if the US joins Israel in its war?

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20 Jun 2025

4 min read

Someone altered the AI chatbot Grok to make it insert text about a debunked conspiracy theory in unrelated responses. Cheng Xin/Getty Images

Grok’s ‘white genocide’ responses show how generative AI can be weaponized

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19 Jun 2025

4 min read

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Speculation about the cause of Air India crash is rife. An aviation expert explains why it’s a problem

The Conversation

13 Jun 2025

4 min read

A firefighter at the scene of an explosion at a residential compound in northern Tehran that was believed to have been struck by Israel. Vahid Salemi/AP

Why did Israel defy Trump – and risk a major war – by striking Iran now? And what happens next?

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13 Jun 2025

4 min read

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