La fonte de l'Antarctique pourrait déclencher une nouvelle ruée vers l'or

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In announcing a ceasefire with Iran on Tuesday evening, President Donald Trump said the United States would “suspend” planned strikes on Iran’s power plants and bridges for two weeks. In exchange, Iran pledged the “complete, immediate, and safe opening” of the Strait of Hormuz. Yet, aside from allowing four non-tanker cargo ships to pass on […]

The Education Department took an unprecedented step this week to nullify Title IX agreements previous administrations had made with school districts over gender identity, laying the groundwork for an environment that turns such settlements into political ping-pong. The department rescinded six agreements made during the Obama and Biden administrations that required districts to implement policies such as gender discrimination...

The spotlight of war inevitably shines on the Defense secretary’s personality and priorities. Donald Rumsfeld, Pentagon chief when President George W. Bush launched the Iraq War, stepped into the briefing room almost every day, sometimes at his own peril. In his memoirs, he reflected on his “misstatement” about weapons of mass destruction sites and “ill-chosen...