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How much does the world spend? Total military spending by nation states reached $2.72trn in 2024, a rise of 9.4% in real terms on the year before, according to the Stockholm International Peace Resear
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“Sire… worse than a crime, you have committed an error,” said Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord. A crime is whatever the feds say it is. Often not what you think it ought to be. But an error is d
Of the hundreds of thousands of asteroids in our solar system, it is all too feasible that one could strike Earth. If scientists discover this is likely to happen, what are our options for defending ourselves – and who will make the key decisions? Tomas Weber reports