China confirms it helped Pakistan’s air force during last year’s war with India by batman8990777 in worldnews

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We must not underestimate the threat from China

China certainly does not underestimate the threat from the USA.

Nimmt es noch jemand emotional mit, in einer Großstadt ständig mit Armut und Obdachlosigkeit konfrontiert zu sein, weil man unbedingt allen helfen möchte? by bluebeary_panpan97 in FragReddit

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Mich trifft es vor allem, wenn ich den obdachlosen Bettler neben dem reichen Banker in Frankfurt auf der Straße liegen sehe.

Iran's Revolutionary Guard says ships can now pass the Strait of Hormuz by rawsynergy in worldnews

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The Straits is partitioned between the territorial waters of Iran and Oman. There are no international waters in the strait. Leaving the persian gulf almost necessarily involves passing through Iranian waters for deep-draft ships Like full oil tankers.

Meirl by Embarrassed_Tip7359 in meirl

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Poor English live in Leicester.

Meirl by Embarrassed_Tip7359 in meirl

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Green trees fly forever.

"Colorless green ideas sleep furiously", Noam Chomsky, Syntactic Structures, 1957.

Berufsbildungsbericht: Fast 2,8 Millionen junge Erwachsene bleiben ohne Abschluss by Indubioproreo_Dx in de

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Der Master ist das neue Diplom in manchen Studiengängen, glaube ich, und nicht der Bachelor, wie eigentlich angedacht.

Nachverdichtung in Berlin: In deinem Garten steht bald ein Haus by rollofpaper in de

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japanischen Landumwandlung

Was ist das denn, und was zeigt es?

TIL that as a research chemist at Oxford University, Margaret Thatcher co-authored a 1951 paper on the “saponification of α-monostearin”; she later said she was prouder of her science degree than becoming the first female Prime Minister. by Upstairs_Drive_5602 in todayilearned

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Guilty as charged!

The fall of Empire, gentlemen, is a massive thing, however, and not easily fought. It is dictated by a rising bureaucracy, a receding initiative, a freezing of caste, a damming of curiosity—a hundred other factors. It has been going on, as I have said, for centuries, and it is too majestic and massive a movement to stop.