There are moments in the long march of international affairs when a summit, otherwise destined for the archives of routine diplomacy, acquires the resonance of a turning point. The BRICS Summit convened
In the aftermath of Donald Trump’s humiliating public break-up with his billionaire ally Elon Musk, and Musk’s tweeted accusation that Trump refuses to release the Epstein files because he’s in them, and
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While explaining the reasons for inviting Prime Minister Modi to the forthcoming G7 conference in Canada, the Prime Minister of Canada pointed out two primary factors: India emerging as the fifth-largest economy
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Our global ocean, which feeds billions, supports coastal communities and regulates the climate, is in crisis. Every day, roughly 2,000 garbage trucks’ worth of plastic is dumped into oceans, rivers and lakes. One-third of
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On June 3, 2025, at least 14 terrorists were killed in an operation by Security Forces (SFs) in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). An Inter-Services
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On May 22, 2025, Sepoy Gaykar Sandip Pandurang (32) was killed, and another two soldiers were injured during an encounter with suspected Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists in the dense forests of Singhpora in
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In today’s Ethiopia, ruled by a US-backed strongman named Abiy Ahmed, things are unravelling. To begin with, approximately 75% of the country is outside of government control, with insurgencies raging. “Prime Minister”
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The UN-organized Ocean Protection Conference will be held from 9 – 13 June 2025, co-hosted by France and Costa Rica. In the annals of international environmental diplomacy, the grand theatre of global
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“They sat on him and just kept beating the sh*t out of him and kicking him in the head.” “His face… a swollen ball of flesh.” “You’re a loser. It was your
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Cuba is once again facing a severe, multi-faceted crisis, not due to the hurricanes that pummel through the Caribbean every year, but from the relentless and suffocating pressure exerted by its powerful neighbour to the
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For around 16 years, the country had been unable to host a national exposition of the Sacred Tooth Relic. Even when Ranil Wickremesinghe served as President and attempted to organise one, those
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The last days of dying empires are dominated by idiots. The Roman, Mayan, French, Habsburg, Ottoman, Romanoff, Iranian and Soviet dynasties crumbled under the stupidity of their decadent rulers who absented themselves
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With two-fifths of the world economy, East Asia can inspire others by creatively responding to the US President’s tariff challenge by promoting fair, dynamic and peaceful regional cooperation. No winners in economic
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President Donald Trump had a difficult week. No, this isn’t about Elon Musk or Harvard University. On Wednesday, his call to Russian President Vladimir Putin didn’t go well. It turned into a
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Mutzig, France – First stop on my annual visit to France’s mighty Maginot Line forts is this lovely Alsatian town. Mutzig was built by the Germans 1893-1916 to defend against enemy approaches
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Reading documents from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) makes me morose. Everything looks terrible. This is largely due to the social processes set in motion by capitalism, including the harsh use
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