Germany’s response to the July 2026 attack in Berlin illustrates a gap between identifying a terrorism threat and taking effective preventive action, according to an analysis published in the latest issue of
The next stage of the technological transformation may not be about making machines more intelligent, but about making them appear more human. From humanoid robots with increasingly realistic faces and movements to
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The relationship between the United States and Taiwan has “never been stronger”, the top American diplomat in Taipei said on Monday, highlighting Taiwan’s growing role in US high-tech manufacturing and investment. Although
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Russia views growing NATO activity in the Arctic as a direct threat to its security, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday, as alliance members increase their military presence in the region
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US President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Iran’s energy hub of Kharg Island was being “blown to smithereens”, after US forces struck two rocket launchers on another Iranian island in the
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China’s three biggest state-owned airlines have reported first-half losses for the seventh consecutive year, hit by sharply higher jet fuel prices and a weaker-than-expected summer travel season. Air China, China Eastern Airlines
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Nicolás Maduro has released the first known images of himself from inside a New York prison, eight months after he was detained by US forces and transferred to the Metropolitan Detention Center
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The poster still hangs outside the Migrolino kiosk at the railway station, as if the event were about to begin. Beside it stand heavily armed members of the cantonal police, an unmistakable
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For Adam Lee Heimerman, an alleged vandal, the reaction to his arrest has been extraordinary. After the 37-year-old congressional candidate from Lenoir City, Tennessee, was arrested at the end of July, internet
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The sharp rise in government bond yields is increasing debt-servicing costs across the Group of Seven, adding pressure to public finances already strained by historically high levels of borrowing. The United States
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Russia has extended its ban on diesel exports until September 30 as the government seeks to stabilise the domestic fuel market amid persistent shortages and disruptions to refinery operations. The ban, announced
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Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodriguez said on Saturday that an energy agreement with the United States would remain in force for 25 years, setting an initial target of more than 1.5 million
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European central bankers left their annual meeting with US counterparts in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, far from reassured about the future of long-standing norms in global financial cooperation, according to sources familiar with
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Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has called on Muslim countries, particularly those in the Gulf, to unite against what he described as their “real enemy”, arguing that divisions among Muslims serve the
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Chinese authorities said on Sunday that 261 foreign citizens were missing following last week’s deadly floods along the border between Tibet and Nepal, providing the first country-by-country breakdown of foreign nationals believed
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North Korea has dismissed its defence minister as part of a wider reshuffle of the country’s military leadership, state media reported on Sunday, in a move that places several senior officials in
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