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The death of a researcher at a Siberian lab after she supposedly broke a test tube containing a lethal plague pathogen has
caused alarm
outside Russia. But Russia’s government has revealed little about the incident. Given the country’s history of murky biological research, the lack of transparency is troubling.
In February we suggested that the dollar, which had a miserable 2025, might have much further to fall. So far it has defied those expectations. Our correspondent looks at what is supporting the greenback—and why its strength
may not last.
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