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A Sea That Cannot Heal: The Black Sea’s Ecology in Wartime

Without joint action by Ukraine and its Western neighbors, Russia’s environmental crimes may go unpunished The Black Sea is often described as a theater of military operations. Far less often is it noted that it is also a shared ecosystem whose shores border NATO states (Bulgaria, Romania, Türkiye), EU candidate countries (Ukraine and…

AI

Banks Say Consumers Unsure AI Agents Are on Their Side

A group of global banks has issued a warning about safety risks tied to agentic commerce. That warning came as part of a set of principles published Tuesday (Sept. 22) by six banks — ASB Bank, Bank of America, Capital One, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ING and NatWest — and designed to create a framework for artificial intelligence (AI)…

Tech

Safaricom hits 1 million home internet users. Now comes the hard part

Safaricom, Kenya’s largest telecoms operator, has become the first internet service provider in the country to surpass one million fixed broadband subscribers. According to data from the Communications Authority of Kenya (CA), the company had 1,024,950 subscribers by the end of June 2026, turning a business that was barely present nine…

Science

Encore: Welcome to the Dark Side

Normal matter—the kind that makes up our home planet and everything we can see—adds up to just five percent of the known universe. The other 95 percent is dark matter and dark energy.

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