The UK’s seemingly endless supply of fresh fruit and vegetables may be heading for a difficult test. A powerful El Niño climate pattern developing in the tropical Pacific is threatening to disrupt
A new report by Oxfam International has reignited the debate over reparations for India, revealing staggering figures that suggest Britain drained an estimated $64.82 trillion from the country between 1765 and 1900.
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In an interview with the Financial Times, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim sought to reassure the global community about the future of international trade under the incoming Trump administration. While acknowledging the
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor In his second inaugural address, President Donald Trump painted a bold vision of a “golden age of America,” positioning his return to the White House as both
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In a final statement released to the press, President Joe Biden announced pardons for several key public figures, emphasizing the unjust and politically motivated nature of investigations targeting them. Among those granted
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Dr. Aafia Siddiqui, a Pakistani neuroscientist, has spent over 14 years languishing in the hellish confines of a U.S. federal prison. To call her case an abuse
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Donald Trump and his team are preparing a sweeping agenda of executive actions to be implemented in the early days of his second term, beginning Monday, according to a report by the
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Leading architects of generative AI models are buzzing with anticipation over what could be a monumental breakthrough in the field. Axios reports that within the next few weeks, one of the top
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The iconic image of sheep-dotted hills across New Zealand is fading as the country’s sheep population plummets to its lowest levels in over 170 years. With just over four sheep per person—down
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At 89 years old, Dame Stella Rimington remains a formidable voice in the world of intelligence and literature. As she prepares to release her 12th and final spy novel, The Hidden Hand,
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NATO’s perennial cycle of eastward expansion has been disastrous for European security, and “spells the beginning of the end of NATO as we know it,” Michael Maloof, senior former Pentagon analyst previously
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The BRICS bloc, originally comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, has officially expanded to include Indonesia as its 10th full member, while also welcoming new partner states from around the
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In a surprising twist, US and European intelligence agencies now agree that recent damage to underwater cables in the Baltic Sea was caused by accidents involving commercial vessels, not deliberate sabotage by
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The CEO of Mercedes-Benz, Ola Källenius, has urged the European Union to take a more cooperative approach towards Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers, encouraging them to open production facilities in Europe rather
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The total market value of a Trump-backed memecoin, launched just days before his inauguration, has skyrocketed to over $12 billion, according to Financial Times. The cryptocurrency, dubbed $TRUMP, debuted on Friday evening
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On Sunday, China’s Ministry of State Security (MSS) issued a stark warning about the growing environmental risks posed by invasive species entering the country through global trade, mail shipments, and illicit exotic
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