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Despite having access to this vast strategic asset, Portugal has repeatedly failed to convert it into geopolitical or ...

An international genomics study led by scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) at the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

But months on, the U.S. has still not produced a road map sketching out which capabilities Washington plans on withdrawing from Europe, and what the continent will have to urgently replace ...

The primary obstacles are geography and infrastructure. The cheapest and fastest way to move goods from Central Asia to Europe remains the Northern Corridor, though Russia, which Europe wants to ...