Pope Leo XIV left Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Saturday, four days after undergoing surgery to remove a malignant lung tumour, returning to the Vatican three days earlier than initially expected. The pontiff
As Donald Trump prepares for a closely watched visit to Beijing, public reactions across China reveal a strikingly divided perception of the former US president and the broader relationship between the world’s
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Few public intellectuals have spent more time analyzing the rise and decline of American global power than Fareed Zakaria. For decades, the Indian-born journalist and geopolitical commentator has occupied a unique position
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It is one thing to imagine someone reading your diary. It is something else entirely to have it read aloud in a courtroom, dissected by lawyers, quoted in judicial rulings, and broadcast
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The end of Viktor Orbán’s long domination of Hungary arrived not with spectacle, but with ceremony. Inside Budapest’s vast neo-Gothic parliament building, beneath vaulted ceilings that once symbolized the permanence of his
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Ukraine’s celebrated wartime resilience is facing one of its most serious internal political crises since Russia’s full-scale invasion began, as a wave of leaked anti-corruption recordings threatens to draw President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
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The global conversation around sexual violence is entering what many observers believe could become a defining cultural turning point. Triggered by renewed scrutiny surrounding the Epstein files, high-profile abuse scandals in Europe,
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The rapid rise of artificial intelligence has triggered a global debate over innovation, freedom, and the future of human creativity. But beneath the promises of technological progress, a darker reality is emerging
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The political alliance between Donald Trump and media personality Tucker Carlson, once one of the most powerful engines of the American right, is fracturing in public view. In an extensive interview published
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The president of the Canary Islands, Fernando Clavijo, has declared that he will not be “tranquil” until all passengers from the Antarctic cruise vessel MV Hondius have been evacuated and flown to
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In the rainforest-covered province of Tshopo in northeastern Congo, fear began with whispers. Late last year, villagers circulated alarming stories that a mysterious illness was causing men’s genitals to atrophy. Within days,
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HSBC’s recent disclosure of a “fraud-related” charge linked to the collapse of Market Financial Solutions (MFS) has placed the bank at the centre of one of the most consequential private credit failures
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Britain’s domestic security service MI5 has uncovered a covert Chinese-linked spy ring operating at the heart of the UK civil service, exposing what prosecutors described as a “shadow policing” operation that targeted
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A classified CIA analysis delivered to White House policymakers, as described by multiple individuals familiar with the document and reported in part by the Washington Post, concludes that Iran could endure the
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In Peoria, Illinois, children living in federally subsidized housing have been getting sick in the very places meant to shelter them. An investigation by ProPublica documented that apartments at the city’s Taft Homes were
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When we look at the military landscape today we cannot help but be impressed by the significance of drones on the battlefield. Drones represent an unexpected revolution in military affairs that has
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