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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
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 of a growing dispute over how the technology
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
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
An ambitious move by U.S. investment giant BlackRock to acquire a portfolio of strategic global ports has encountered stiff resistance from Beijing, laying bare a deeper struggle over control of 21st-century maritime
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In a deeply troubling turn of events, the Syrian province of Suwayda—home to the country’s Druze minority—has become the flashpoint of renewed conflict, drawing in sectarian tensions, tribal grievances, and foreign interventions.
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A recent Washington Post report details how President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariff strategy is fundamentally reshaping global commerce, sparking widespread disruption across corporate boardrooms and international diplomatic channels. With the average U.S.
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An explosive revelation, first reported by The Times UK, has rocked Westminster and reignited debate over secrecy, national security, and accountability within the UK government. Nearly 18 months after a top-secret superinjunction
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Tensions between the United States and Israel have reached a new low after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu defied repeated warnings from the Biden administration and escalated Israeli military strikes inside Syria, targeting
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South Korean aviation officials have concluded that pilot error played a decisive role in the Jeju Air crash that killed 179 people last December, according to preliminary findings reported by The Times
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by Our Correspondent in Washington DC Mossad Chief David Barnea visited Washington this week to seek U.S. backing for a controversial Israeli plan to deport large numbers of Palestinians from the Gaza
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo In a dramatic and controversial reversal, the National Police Commission (NPC) has decided to dismiss Senior Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Nilantha Jayawardena from the Sri Lanka Police,
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The British government has secretly paid foreign YouTubers to produce and publish videos as part of a covert propaganda operation orchestrated through a £10 million contract with a private media agency, Declassified
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Documents expose UK’s close ties with Azerbaijan amid crackdown on dissent and Nagorno-Karabakh conflict Newly declassified British government files have revealed that the UK’s Metropolitan Police delivered counter-terrorism training to officers in
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The U.S. President Donald Trump has issued a stern warning to BRICS nations, threatening a 10% tariff on all imports from member states if they continue efforts to challenge the dominance of
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The political future of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky may be hanging by a thread, according to renowned investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, who cites informed U.S. officials suggesting that Zelensky could soon be
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The legacy of Zong Qinghou, once China’s richest man and founder of the iconic Wahaha beverage empire, has been plunged into turmoil as his daughter and presumed heir faces a legal battle
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For anyone who has ever felt groggy and disoriented after hitting the snooze button, science may now have an answer for why. A groundbreaking study published today in Current Biology has revealed
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The world is now closer to nuclear catastrophe than ever before, with artificial intelligence (AI), misinformation, and geopolitical instability creating a fragile new landscape for nuclear security. A powerful investigation published in
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