President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s appeal to the “real me” raises a deeper question about modern political persuasion: can sincerity be declared into existence? From Winnicott’s “false self” to impression management, attribution theory
As Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni begins a seventh term in office at the age of 81, attention is rapidly shifting to his son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, who has consolidated power as head of
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Shares of India’s Adani Group suffered a sharp sell-off on Friday, wiping out approximately $12.5 billion in market capitalization, after fresh developments in a U.S. fraud case rattled investor confidence. The decline
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British finance minister Rachel Reeves will accompany Prime Minister Keir Starmer on a high-profile visit to China next week, highlighting the UK government’s determination to deepen economic engagement with the world’s second-largest
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Thousands of supporters gathered outside the East London Magistrate’s Court on Friday as Julius Malema, South Africa’s most polarizing opposition figure, awaited sentencing for firing a rifle into the air at a
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BlackRock chief executive Larry Fink has joined US President Donald Trump’s Ukraine team as a “prosperity adviser,” marking a renewed effort by Washington to channel Western investment into the war-torn country. The
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Vietnam’s ruling Communist Party on Friday formally elected To Lam as its general secretary, cementing his position as the country’s most powerful leader and setting the stage for a major leadership transition
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Eliezer Tsafrir, a veteran Mossad and Shin Bet operative who served as Israel’s final station chief in Iran before the 1979 revolution, has died at 92. His career spanned some of the
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China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is experiencing a dramatic resurgence, signing $213.5 billion in new deals in 2025—a staggering 75% increase from the previous year. The milestone pushes the initiative’s total
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Nestlé has issued its largest-ever recall of infant formula after discovering traces of a potent toxin known as cereulide in an ingredient used in its products. The Swiss multinational said the contaminant
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A growing chorus of prominent investors is warning that OpenAI may be entering a period of severe instability, as competitive setbacks, ballooning losses, and legal threats converge. On social media, veteran market
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Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, leader of Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement, said Thursday that years of war and foreign intervention against Yemen were driven by strategic and economic ambitions rather than security concerns. Speaking in
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For two decades, the first instinct of anyone experiencing new medical symptoms was to “Google it,” a practice so widespread it earned the nickname “Dr. Google.” But that era is rapidly fading
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Public health authorities in Guinea-Bissau announced the suspension of a controversial US-funded hepatitis B vaccine study, intensifying a broader debate over control and oversight of clinical research conducted in Africa. During a
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Nearly two years after Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella predicted that AI would replace knowledge work, the transformation has been surprisingly slow. Foundation models have made enormous strides in reasoning, planning, and research,
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Defense technology firm Anduril revealed plans Thursday to expand its Southern California footprint with a major new campus in Long Beach, the coastal city where founder Palmer Luckey grew up. The company
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