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
Tesla’s board of directors has unveiled a proposed compensation package for Elon Musk valued at nearly $1 trillion, in what would be the largest corporate pay deal in history. The plan, which
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor It began like a grotesque parody of cinema: the sudden rupture of joy by carnage. “That was all of a sudden — started like a horror movie,”
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A lone Chinese dissident has captured international attention after staging a carefully planned protest against President Xi Jinping and the Communist Party, drawing direct inspiration from George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel 1984.
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Vadim and his wife, Yuliya, thought they had finally reached safety when they crossed the U.S. southern border last year. Fleeing Yakutia in eastern Russia after falling under surveillance for their anti-war
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Scottish singer Lulu, one of Britain’s most enduring pop icons, has revealed for the first time that she struggled with alcoholism in her sixties, describing herself as a “secret drinker” whose dependence
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This article was originally published by the China Academy. – Editors On September 3rd, China held a grand military parade in Beijing. Western media such as the BBC immediately focused on the ballistic missiles,
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Yossi Cohen, former head of the Mossad, has broken his silence with scathing criticism of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying the premier bears full responsibility for Israel’s failures before, during, and after
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka reportedly declined an invitation from China to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, citing pressures from an undisclosed foreign mission, according to
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The United States has begun what officials described as a “sustained military campaign” against Venezuelan drug cartels, following a deadly strike on a suspected narco-trafficking vessel in the southern Caribbean that killed
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Bond investors are increasingly banking on Donald Trump’s sweeping import tariffs to provide a crucial revenue stream for the US government, a dramatic reversal from earlier this year when his trade war
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European governments are facing mounting pressure to make concrete commitments to a planned multinational security force in postwar Ukraine, as leaders prepare for a high-stakes summit in Paris on Thursday, according to
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Donald Trump has vowed to slash regulation at home and fight European digital rules abroad, but his administration is doubling down on efforts to break up America’s largest technology companies, according to
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China showcased its latest strategic weapon, the DF-5C intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), during a massive military parade in Beijing on Wednesday marking the 80th anniversary of victory in the Chinese People’s War
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Former U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed concerns that China’s massive military parade in Beijing poses a threat to American power, insisting that the U.S. maintains overwhelming military superiority. When asked whether the
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The survival of Western democracies is at risk without fundamental reforms to Europe’s asylum framework, according to Hans-Jürgen Papier, Germany’s former president of the Federal Constitutional Court, The Times UK reports. Papier,
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