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• Japan has discovered a massive rare earth element deposit 6,000 meters under the Pacific near a remote island, helping reduce its dependence on China for these crucial materials.
• An autonomous humanoid robot from Honor set a new half-marathon record in China, completing the race in 50:26 and beating the previous human record by 7 minutes.
• The Artemis II mission features a historic crew including the first woman, the first Black astronaut, and the first non-American astronaut to travel to the lunar environment.
• Lebanon is increasingly using digital wallets to deliver aid amid mass displacement and declining trust in institutions, enabling direct connections between diaspora donors and affected communities.
• The identity of a disguised player who cheated in the 1993 World Open chess tournament using the name of a deceased mathematician has finally been uncovered after decades of mystery.