Nowhere is this more evident than in the treatment of the Eastern Mediterranean, a region whose dynamics are increasingly misread when folded uncritically into the broader MENA frame. The distinction ...

Imagine if Greenland bordered Portugal, Brazil no longer had a coastline, and Tibet suddenly lay by the sea. It sounds ...

Abstract: In recent years, growing needs for advanced security and traffic management have significantly heightened the prominence of the visible-infrared person re-identification community (VI-ReID), ...

Belfast-based Irish whiskey distillery McConnell’s has described 2025 as “a breakthrough year” for the spirit brand after ...

For the 16th consecutive year, Norway was named the most democratic country in the world, with a score of 9.81. New Zealand and Sweden followed. Afghanistan has been the lowest-ranked country since ...

Decentraland reports on the evolution of holiday celebrations online, from early e-cards to vibrant virtual worlds.

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Abstract: Approaches based on the Denoising Diffusion Probabilistic Model (DDPM) have shown promise for directly generating segmentation maps from medical images. However, denoising in the original ...

By the time of World War II, the term “ Axis powers ” had come to refer to the military coalition of Germany, Italy and Japan. In that historical context, the word “axis,” from the perspective of ...

View group standings for the Men's FIFA World Cup 2026 at FOX Sports. Records, points, goals for, goals against, goal differential and more.

The groups for the 2026 FIFA World Cup have been set. Here's a breakdown of the 48-team tournament, including a look at the potential "Group of Death." ...