Sri Lanka’s September 22, 2026 Easter Sunday judgment marks a decisive legal reckoning with one of the country’s deadliest terrorist attacks, convicting 15 of 24 defendants after an extensive examination of thousands
As geopolitical tensions continue to rise, major world powers are ramping up their military infrastructure with new facilities that could significantly reshape the global balance of power. From the Pacific to Africa,
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China’s latest AI models confirm what experts have long known: the US is no longer the world’s undisputed tech leader. Where does Russia stand in the 21st-century tech race? 1. Nuclear and
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George Soros, the billionaire philanthropist often regarded as a master of wielding soft power, is facing an unprecedented challenge to his influence. The erosion of key political alliances, compounded by the emergence
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Antony Blinken spent his last two weeks in office giving media interviews defending his record as America’s top ‘diplomat’. But it was under Blinken’s watch that the US sparked the worst security
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Throughout the history of mankind, fires have had a dramatic effect on the course of world events, prompting reforms, laws on urban planning, and setting in place new environmental policies. As wildfires scorch Southern
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Multiple fires have spread across the Los Angeles area since Tuesday, driven by extremely dry conditions and high winds. Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated as firefighters struggle to contain
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US President-elect Donald Trump appears eager to expand American influence by literally redrawing the map of the Western Hemisphere. But what’s driving these provocative ambitions? Trump has previously floated the idea of acquiring
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The “deep state”, never part of the Founding Fathers’ design, has turned US democracy into fiction, former US assistant treasury secretary and renowned economist Dr Paul Craig Roberts says. What does he
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To bring an end to the dollar hegemony one doesn’t need one common competing currency, but a number of national ones, according to former Ronald Reagan official and renowned American economist Dr
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The collapse of the Assad government in Syria was arguably the most consequential event of 2024 for the Middle East. Sputnik asked veteran regional politics and security affairs expert Ali Rizk for
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As the global cryptocurrency landscape evolves, Russia is positioning itself as a serious contender for the title of the world’s crypto capital. With strategic policies, abundant resources, and ambitious plans for growth,
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A Bill Gates-funded center has bred mosquitoes capable of injecting parasites into unsuspecting humans under the pretext of vaccinating against malaria. But are they truly harmless? The Gates Foundation-backed Leiden University Medical
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Twin violent incidents rocked the US on New Year’s Day, with an ex-US Army vet plowing a pickup into a crowd in New Orleans and going down guns blazing in a firefight
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Donald Trump’s threat to seize the Panama Canal and the Houthis’ disruption of commercial shipping via the Suez to the tune of $7 billion in 2024 reminded the world of the significance
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The FBI has discovered the largest stash of explosives in its history during a detention of a Virginia resident, according to court documents. Brad Spafford was detained on December 17 for storing
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