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France has underestimated impact of nuclear tests in French Polynesia, research finds

France has consistently underestimated the devastating impact of its nuclear tests in French Polynesia in the 1960s and 70s, according to groundbreaking new research that could allow more than 100,000 people to claim compensation.

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Preparing for Retaliation Against Russia, U.S. Confronts Hacking by China

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The U.S. Added 379,000 Jobs in February as Hiring Picked Up: Live Updates

Estudio sobre el megaproyecto del Corredor Interoceánico del Istmo de Tehuantepec atendiendo a las características de la región y a los riesgos socioambientales y geopolíticos que genera.

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Live Updates: Capitol on Alert as Senate May Begin Stimulus Debate

The Capitol Police were on guard for another assault on the Capitol building on Thursday after obtaining intelligence of a potential plot by a militia group, even as the Senate was poised to possibly begin debate on President Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic stimulus plan.

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‘The East Is Rising’: Xi Maps Out China’s Post-Covid Ascent

Xi Jinping has struck a confident posture as he looks to secure China’s prosperity and power in a post-Covid world, saying that the country is entering a time of opportunity when “the East is rising and the West is declining.”

En ocasión de la pandemia de COVID-19 (2020-2021) se han actualizado un conjunto de dispositivos (apps) de control y vigilancia que, si bien permiten una información ágil sobre los casos relacionados con la emergencia sanitaria, están facilitando y acelerando la disposición de una base de datos sensibles de toda la población en todo el mundo, que pasan a ser responsabilidad de las autoridades de seguridad y que exceden ampliamente los propósitos sanitarios.

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After Stimulus, Biden to Tackle Another Politically Tricky Issue: Infrastructure

WASHINGTON — President Biden’s two immediate predecessors had ambitious goals to rebuild the country’s infrastructure, but both left office having made little progress in fixing the nation’s bridges, roads, pipes and broadband. President Donald J. Trump announced so many meaningless infrastructure weeks that the term became a running joke of his administration.

Intervención de Ana Esther Ceceña en el Tributo a Immanuel Wallerstein, organizado en el marco del Cuarto Foro de Sociología de la Asociación Internacional de Sociología, Porto Alegre, Brasil, 26 de febrero de 2021

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How Pro-Trump Forces Pushed a Lie About Antifa at the Capitol Riot

On social media, on cable networks and even in the halls of Congress, supporters of Donald J. Trump tried to rewrite history in real time, pushing the fiction that left-wing agitators were to blame for the violence on Jan. 6.