Friedrich Merz is facing renewed pressure within Germany’s governing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) after a series of poor regional election results, with senior figures in the party calling for changes to its
The son of Norway’s crown princess has admitted to a series of criminal offences, including transporting large quantities of drugs, while firmly denying accusations that he raped four women, as his high-profile
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On a sweltering night three decades ago in China’s southern Guangdong province, Chen Mingxia’s infant son was torn from her arms in a violent raid that shattered her family forever. Masked men
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Taiwan’s military modernization drive is facing serious uncertainty as a deepening budget standoff in parliament threatens to strip away key capabilities seen as vital to deterring a potential Chinese attack. According to
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A newly announced trade agreement between India and the United States is expected to significantly increase the flow of American agricultural products into India, while easing months of tariff-related pressure that had
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Howard and Aidan Barclay have been granted six weeks to negotiate a deal with their creditors in an effort to avoid bankruptcy proceedings initiated by HSBC over debts linked to the collapse
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For decades, the Iran–Iraq War has been remembered as a brutal, ideologically charged conflict between two regional rivals that bled each other dry from 1980 to 1988. Nearly a million people were
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by Our Correspondent in Doha The gap between Washington and Tehran has rarely looked wider. As U.S. and Iranian officials prepare for indirect talks in Istanbul under heavy regional mediation, both sides
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by Luxman Aravind Though Sri Lanka parades one of the highest literacy rates in South Asia and flaunts it as evidence of civilisational maturity within global development indices, the country has repeatedly
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A terse announcement from Xinhua, China’s official news agency, was all it took to ignite one of the most intense bouts of speculation in years about the inner workings of the Chinese
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Nearly a month after U.S. military forces intervened in Venezuela and removed Nicolás Maduro and Cilia Flores from power, the country’s political landscape continues to shift in ways that feel both dramatic
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The deployment of a powerful Turkish-made combat drone to a remote Egyptian airstrip near Sudan’s border signals a significant escalation in Sudan’s civil war and suggests that Egypt is being drawn more
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China’s Commercial Aircraft Corporation (Comac) is set to display its full product line, including its flagship narrowbody airliner, the C919, at the Singapore Airshow, which begins Tuesday and runs for six days.
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China’s state-owned aluminium giant Chalco and Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto have agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Brazil’s Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio (CBA) in a transaction valued at US$886 million, marking
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China is witnessing a record influx of overseas-educated graduates returning home, drawn by opportunities in fast-growing sectors such as artificial intelligence, advanced manufacturing, and new materials, according to findings from job-recruitment platform
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U.S. President Donald Trump is preparing to launch a strategic stockpile of critical minerals backed by $12 billion in financing, marking a major escalation in Washington’s effort to reduce reliance on China
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