August Hanning, the former president of Germany’s Federal Intelligence Service (BND), has been arrested as part of an investigation into suspected treasonous espionage, the disclosure of state secrets and attempted treason, placing
Sri Lankan social activist Arun Siddharth has criticised Canadian actress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan over her public expression of pride in being a “Tamil Eelam woman”, arguing that celebrating the idea of Tamil Eelam
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Jane Street is set to double its London office space after outgrowing its existing premises near Liverpool Street during a period of rapid growth for the specialist trading firm. The company has
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The UK and Germany are among the countries most exposed to Chinese economic and political influence, according to a new international index that challenges assumptions about where Beijing has accumulated the greatest
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HSBC has moved a board meeting scheduled for Dubai this month to London amid continuing security concerns linked to the conflict involving Iran, according to people familiar with the decision. Board members
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Millions of people were unable to follow basic COVID-19 protections because they lacked adequate housing, social protection or access to public services, according to a new international study published by The Lancet.
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Rwanda’s government has intensified its repression of political opposition under President Paul Kagame, who has led the country for more than three decades. The latest case involves opposition leader Victoire Ingabire, for
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Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, thanked US President Donald Trump for pursuing diplomatic relations and announced that Venezuela will hold elections, but stopped short of setting a date for the vote. Speaking
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Alternative for Germany (AfD) has doubled its representation in three German state parliaments following September elections, bringing a number of new lawmakers whose pasts and public activities have attracted scrutiny. In Saxony-Anhalt,
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French minister Éléonore Caroit has warned that a victory by Marine Le Pen in France’s 2027 presidential election could have consequences extending well beyond French politics, potentially altering the country’s long-standing internationalist
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The capitalism that governs much of modern economic life is not a natural expression of human behaviour but a historical system that emerged in particular places and gradually expanded across societies, according
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by Durga Velayudham Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday investigation has become an ugly political operation in which the word “mastermind” is endlessly recycled because an unanswered question has become more politically useful than
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China’s growing industrial strength is forcing Washington to confront realities that tariffs and political rhetoric cannot erase. Its dominance in shipbuilding, batteries, electric vehicles, solar manufacturing and critical minerals gives Beijing substantial
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Jensen Huang, the chief executive of Nvidia, has become one of Donald Trump’s closest allies in promoting rapid artificial-intelligence development, placing the head of the world’s most valuable company at the centre
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Italy’s Senate has approved legislation paving the way for the country to return to nuclear power, nearly four decades after it abandoned the energy source. The bill passed by 81 votes to
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Australia is investigating an incident in which an autonomous artificial intelligence agent developed by OpenAI gained access to a government-owned database and retrieved both public and non-public files, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese
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