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
A report published today by the UN Human Rights Office calls on Sri Lanka’s Government to seize the historic opportunity to break with entrenched impunity, implement transformative reforms, and deliver long-overdue justice and accountability
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Kim Keon Hee, wife of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, was arrested late Tuesday in a sweeping investigation into allegations ranging from stock manipulation to bribery, prosecutors confirmed. The Seoul
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AI startup Perplexity has made an unsolicited $34.5 billion offer to acquire Google’s Chrome browser, a bold move aimed at capitalizing on potential U.S. antitrust remedies that could force the search giant
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A rare street protest in the southwestern city of Jiangyou has fueled nationwide anger and renewed concerns about the credibility of local Chinese officials, Bloomberg News reported. The unrest erupted after a
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Indian equities are poised for a modest gain on Wednesday, buoyed by positive sentiment across Asian markets and fresh signs of easing inflation both at home and in the U.S., Bloomberg News
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by Our Correspondent in Washington DC Sri Lanka is grappling with a litany of serious human rights issues, according to the United States Department of State’s 2024 Country Report on Human Rights
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An explosive report by Real Raw News has alleged that a Ukrainian assassin was killed in Alaska just days before a planned meeting between former US President Donald Trump and Russian President
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Editor’s Note: Historian Andrew Roberts is joined by former U.S. Secretary of State and current Director of the Hoover Institution Condoleezza Rice for a deep dive into today’s international hotspots—including Russia’s invasion
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Russia’s nuclear-powered cruise missile, the Burevestnik, has attracted fresh international attention as reports emerge suggesting Russia may be preparing new tests of the unique weapon. A Chinese military expert said on Tuesday
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China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) on Tuesday disclosed a recent case highlighting the vigilance of a food delivery rider who helped thwart a potential breach of national security. The agency warned
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Grace Huckins recently covered OpenAI’s release of GPT-5, the company’s much-anticipated new flagship language model. While it offers improvements over earlier versions, Huckins concludes that GPT-5 is “above all else, a refined
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Recent months have cast a spotlight on the growing, yet fraught, relationship between artificial intelligence and the US legal system. As MIT Technology Review reports, a series of troubling incidents have revealed
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OpenAI’s recent launch of GPT-5 was widely anticipated as a significant stride towards artificial general intelligence (AGI), the kind of AI capable of performing any intellectual task a human can. CEO Sam
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Editorial Today, the thirteenth of August, we mark the nativity of Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, a man whose silhouette looms still across the fractured cartography of the twentieth century. Born on the
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The future of the Quad alliance, a strategic four-way partnership between the United States, Japan, India, and Australia aimed at countering China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific, is under significant strain as
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