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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Bernat Armangue/AP/Shutterstock (12826679g) Afghans trying to flee Ukraine sleep inside Lviv railway station, in Lviv, west Ukraine. Russia's military assault on Ukraine has entered its fifth day, forcing hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians and foreign residents to escape from war and seek refuge in neighboring countries Russia War, Lviv, Ukraine - 27 Feb 2022

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Aid agencies warn of humanitarian emergency in Ukraine

Infections, lack of clean water and loss of healthcare are among the dangers facing Ukrainian people, with some hospitals already out of oxygen

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Strobe weapons: What are they, who is using them and do they work?

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Strobe weapons: What are they, who is using them and do they work?

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An Independent Election Commission (IEC) official (L) scans a finger of a voter with a biometric device at a polling station in Herat on September 28, 2019. - Afghans voted in presidential elections amid tight security on September 28, even as insurgents attacked polling centres in a series of blasts and clashes across the country that left at least two people dead. (Photo by HOSHANG HASHIMI / AFP) (Photo credit should read HOSHANG HASHIMI/AFP via Getty Images)

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US-built biometrics equipment is falling into the hands of the Taliban

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Mandatory Credit: Photo by CHINE NOUVELLE/SIPA/Shutterstock (12324544h) (210817) - KABUL, Aug. 17, 2021 (Xinhua) - Taliban fighters are seen on a military vehicle in Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, Aug. 17, 2021. Normality has returned to Kabul, capital of Afghanistan as the Taliban on Tuesday urged the government employees to return to work, two days after the group took control of the capital. Declaring a general amnesty, the Taliban urged all to start routine life with confidence. It also urged women to join its government. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid tweeted that the situation in Kabul was completely under control and law and order returned to the city. Afghanistan Kabul Taliban Situation - 17 Aug 2021

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Afghan people face an impossible choice over their digital footprint

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Dr Wernher von Braun

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Wernher von Braun

Benedict Cumberbatch

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Ironbark: Did two spies really prevent all-out nuclear war?

Culture

trinity nuclear test explosion

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The invention of the nuclear bomb

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Second world war bomb explodes after three-quarters of a century

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Mixed reality in military aircraft of the future

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Mixed reality in military aircraft of the future

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It is time to bring global attention to the trade in Burmese amber

Life

It is time to bring global attention to the trade in Burmese amber

The stunning fossils preserved in Burmese amber may be scientifically priceless, but is the human price too high?

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Life

Blood amber: The exquisite trove of fossils fuelling war in Myanmar

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Life

The forgotten riches of the most densely biodiverse country on Earth

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Exclusive: DNA solves Rudolf Hess doppelgänger conspiracy theory

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Life

From the archives: When Soviet tanks crushed Czech science

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