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Machiavelli Is Dead: Why Politics Without Property Rights, Rules, and Moral Limits Cannot Work

Machiavelli Is Dead: Why Politics Without Property Rights, Rules, and Moral Limits Cannot Work

Javier Milei’s Davos speech marks a decisive break with a dominant political mindset: the belief that upholding and expanding political power justifies moral compromise and that political authority should be judged primarily by effectiveness rather than legitimacy. This “might makes right” logic was perhaps most coherently formulated as a political philosophy by the early modern…

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OpenAI launches new agentic coding model only minutes after Anthropic drops its own | TechCrunch

OpenAI launches new agentic coding model only minutes after Anthropic drops its own | TechCrunch

On Monday, OpenAI launched Codex, an agentic coding tool marketed to software developers. Today, OpenAI also launched a new model designed to turbo-charge Codex: GPT-5.3 Codex. The company says that the model transforms Codex from an agent that can merely “write and review code” to one that can do “nearly anything developers and professionals do on…

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Morocco – Preventive mass evacuations after historic rainfall in the north

Morocco – Preventive mass evacuations after historic rainfall in the north

After years of extreme drought, flash floods and overflowing rivers across the Maghreb are triggering unprecedented protective measures – the army and civil defense are coordinating the rescue of tens of thousands. Rabat – At the beginning of February 2026, the hydrological situation in northern Morocco worsened drastically. After a long dry period, intense rainfall…

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North Koreans have grown more repressed, fearful in the past decade, U.N. report says

North Koreans have grown more repressed, fearful in the past decade, U.N. report says

North Korea is the most restrictive country in the world, with the government tightening control over its citizens, intensifying surveillance and unleashing torrents of propaganda, according to a sweeping United Nations report released on Friday. The 14-page report, published by the U.N.’s Human Rights Office, covers developments in the country since 2014 and draws detail…

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ICE agents can’t make warrantless arrests in Oregon unless there’s a risk of escape, judge rules

ICE agents can’t make warrantless arrests in Oregon unless there’s a risk of escape, judge rules

Federal immigration agents in Oregon must stop arresting people without warrants unless there’s a likelihood of escape, a federal judge ruled Wednesday. U.S. District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai issued a preliminary injunction in a proposed class-action lawsuit targeting the Department of Homeland Security’s practice of arresting immigrants they happen to come across while conducting ramped-up enforcement…

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