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
by Our Correspondent in Hong Kong The decision by The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) to recruit a postdoctoral researcher to examine the legal and political questions surrounding an independent Tamil
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At 4am, Yogi Adityanath rises from a hard wooden bed. Two hours of meditation and prayer follow, then a simple vegetarian breakfast. The routine is austere, but the day that follows belongs
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Iran has considered attacking US military targets in Europe if President Donald Trump escalates the war, according to people close to the Iranian regime, in a sign that Tehran is assessing options
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More than 30 tonnes of Venezuelan gold held at the Bank of England could become a crucial bargaining tool in negotiations between the Venezuelan government and opposition, as the United States seeks
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Venezuela’s government made no demand for the release of former president Nicolás Maduro during nearly two weeks of negotiations with the opposition this month, in what the Financial Times described as the
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China’s Unitree Robotics has become one of the world’s biggest producers of humanoid and quadruped robots, but some of the technology behind its most successful robot dogs traces back to research funded
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Meta knowingly “hooked” and exploited children, US prosecutors told a federal court on Tuesday as a major trial opened against the technology company over allegations that it deliberately made Instagram and Facebook
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Liberia will accept up to 1,200 migrants deported by the United States from third countries under an agreement described by the West African government as one of the most comprehensive of its
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The United States has imposed sanctions on further representatives of the International Criminal Court (ICC), including its president, Tomoko Akane, and senior court lawyer Abdoulaye Seye, in a further escalation of Washington’s
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International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors have discovered several tonnes of nuclear material in Syria at a site that had not previously been known to the agency as a potential storage location,
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The contested islands of the South China Sea could one day become autonomous defensive strongholds, protected not primarily by soldiers but by coordinated fleets of machines operating across the air, sea and
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For years, offshore trusts offered China’s wealthiest individuals a sophisticated way to protect assets, plan succession and, in some cases, reduce their tax exposure. Now, that once-familiar route into the grey zones
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US Ambassador Rabbi Yehuda Kaploun, the Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, has urged Sri Lankan authorities to ensure the safety of the country’s Jewish community following reports of demonstrations targeting
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A striking contradiction is emerging at the heart of the Trump administration’s attempt to dismantle America’s federal greenhouse gas reporting system: major oil and gas companies are seeking weaker requirements for measuring
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo A special discussion on plans to introduce a passenger drone service in Sri Lanka was held at the premises of the Ministry of Ports and Civil Aviation
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