The UK’s seemingly endless supply of fresh fruit and vegetables may be heading for a difficult test. A powerful El Niño climate pattern developing in the tropical Pacific is threatening to disrupt
The former president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, has said she would regard a possible veto against her candidacy for United Nations Secretary-General as a point of honor if it were based on
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The Pope, identified in the source as León XIV, arrived on Thursday in the Canary Islands, Spain, marking the final stage of his trip before returning to Rome on Friday. Upon landing
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The vulnerability of submarine communication cables is emerging as a growing strategic concern in global geopolitics, with industry leaders warning that the real impact of emerging deep-sea sabotage capabilities may lie in
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U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the United States and Iran could sign a peace agreement as soon as this weekend, a deal he said would reopen the Strait of
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The United States has imposed new sanctions on Cuba’s state-owned energy company, Unión Cuba-Petróleo (CUPET), intensifying Washington’s efforts to increase pressure on the Cuban government as the island faces a severe energy
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The European Central Bank (ECB) has resumed interest rate increases after nearly three years, raising borrowing costs by 0.25 percentage points to 2.25%. The decision, taken at its latest policy meeting in
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The World Bank has cut its global growth forecast to 2.5% for this year, marking the slowest pace of expansion since the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report released Thursday. The downgrade
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China’s ports have once again dominated global efficiency rankings in 2025, securing seven positions in the top 10 of a worldwide assessment of trade hub performance, according to a study released Wednesday
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For years, Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port was the textbook example of what Western politicians called Chinese “debt-trap diplomacy” – the claim that Beijing lures poor countries into unpayable loans and then seizes
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Reliable government sources have indicated that a former President may be arrested as a suspect in connection with the Easter Sunday attacks, intensifying scrutiny around a case that continues to reverberate through
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India is deploying military aircraft to transport national examination papers as part of an emergency effort to restore confidence in its education system following a series of exam scandals that have triggered
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Chinese firms have unveiled artificial intelligence-enabled policing technologies capable of analysing suspects’ physical health, mental condition and perceived behavioural risk, according to demonstrations presented at a law enforcement equipment exhibition in Beijing.
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Oil prices climbed sharply on Thursday as escalating military actions between the United States and Iran intensified concerns over global energy flows, with Tehran announcing the closure of the Strait of Hormuz
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The Philippines’ plan to raise bilateral trade with Vietnam to US$10 billion by 2026 is facing mounting pressure from policy instability in Manila, where shifting rice import rules and tariff uncertainty are
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Singapore’s private wealth community is reassessing exposure to software investments as generative artificial intelligence reshapes the technology landscape, prompting family offices and institutional allocators to shift capital toward more defensible data-driven businesses
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