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New therapy targets the liver's PCSK9 gene to lower cholesterol · By Bronwyn Thompson · https://newatlas.com/author/bronwyn-thompson/A new CRISPR-based one-off procedure that lowers "bad" cholesterol is expected to enter Phase I human trial in 2026. If successful, it could be the first approved genetic-silencing method on the market, replacing the need for long-term medication and slashing the risk of cardiovascular disease. · There…

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has urged humanity to address existential risks before it’s too late · FILE PHOTO: Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei. ©  Chance Yeh / Getty Images for HubSpot · [RT] The CEO of leading AI company Anthropic, Dario Amodei, has issued an ominous warning that humanity is on the cusp of being handed “almost unimaginable power,” for which it is dangerously unprepared. · In a nearly 20,000-word essay titled…

The Ukrainian leader has called it the task of the Defense Ministry, the army, and all security forces · Ukraine's Vladimir Zelensky speaks in Kiev on January 27, 2026. ©  Global Look Press / Ukrainian presidential office · [RT] The Ukrainian military should focus on inflicting the highest possible casualties on Russia, Vladimir Zelensky has said, naming a figure of 50,000 Russian losses per month as an “optimal level”…

President Donald Trump has warned that “there is another beautiful armada floating beautifully towards Iran right now” · The USS Abraham Lincoln. ©  Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Angel Campbell / US Navy via AP · [RT] The US has initiated large-scale, multi-day military exercises across the Middle East. The drills coincide with President Donald Trump’s announcement of an additional naval deployment, escalating a…

The Ukraine conflict and last summer’s US and Israeli attack on Iran have moved humanity closer to disaster, nuclear scientists have warned · FILE PHOTO: The Doomsday Clock. ©  Getty Images / Anna Moneymaker · [RT] Humanity is closer to a global catastrophe than ever, a leading group of atomic scientists has said. The international community is facing a wide range of threats from a “full-blown arms race” to climate change…

The second trilateral meeting will take place in Abu Dhabi later this week, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said · ©  Getty Images/YuTphotograph · [RT] The next meeting between Russian, US and Ukrainian negotiators will take place on February 1, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov confirmed on Wednesday, marking a second round of trilateral contacts aimed at exploring a possible settlement to the conflict. · Speaking to…

An AfD co-leader has stated the obvious – that pouring money into the Ukraine war is killing the German economy. But will anyone listen? · https://www.rt.com/op-ed/authors/tarik-cyril-amar/ByTarik Cyril Amar, a historian from Germany working at Koç University, Istanbul, on Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe, the history of World War II, the cultural Cold War, and the politics of…

2019 heralded the start of a new era, but not perhaps the new age that many had hoped for. The advent of mass biotechnology has signalled a complete break with the past, not just the immediate past but virtually the whole of human history. Biotechnology cuts across every prior human relationship, cultural norm, political system, physiological mechanism and scientific concept. It does so by irrevocably altering the vehicle of human existence—the…

History leaves patterns. When money creation is examined not as an abstract theory but as a mechanism of power, a consistent record emerges — one rarely discussed in mainstream economics. Nations that attempt to reclaim monetary sovereignty, restrain debt-based banking, or challenge reserve-currency privilege tend not to be debated on their merits. They are pressured, isolated, destabilised, or destroyed. Neo-Piracy Preface — Part 3: When…

Auckland, New Zealand — After a challenging 2025, Kiwibank economists are forecasting a marked economic turnaround next year (2026), with signs of recovery emerging across key sectors and confidence rising among households and businesses. 2025: A Difficult Year, But Momentum Building · Economists at Kiwi Bank describe 2025 as a year where the New Zealand economy struggled to gain sustained momentum. Throughout the year, higher interest rates…