The European Union has so far failed to secure agreement on extending its sanctions against Russia, with a dispute over two Russian billionaires preventing the 27 member states from completing the required
by Durga “‘Azadi’ means ‘freedom.’” The clarity of this statement is immediately destabilised by the lived reality that follows: “Azadi Stadium… where 100,000 fans can watch the country’s most important games. But
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A feature reported by The New York Times has cast renewed attention on the unusually visible private life of Lauren Sánchez Bezos and Jeff Bezos, framing their relationship not just as a
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As the United States farcically walks away from the negotiations with Iran in Pakistan, it was always a matter of concern whether Israel would abide by any such agreement. This was particularly
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On March 30, 2026, Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) Harish Kumar Gupta declared that the state was free of the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), a day before the Centre’s
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The two-week ceasefire between the United States, Iran and Israel, announced by Donald Trump just hours before a self-imposed escalation deadline, has paused a 39-day conflict that had moved with unusual speed
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Elon Musk is entering one of the most legally turbulent phases of his career, with a series of courtroom setbacks casting new uncertainty over his aggressive litigation strategy and high-conflict public persona.
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In the quiet corridors of China’s leading technology centres in Beijing, Hangzhou and Shenzhen, a subtle but consequential reversal is underway. As reported by the Financial Times, a growing number of elite
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Anita Lasker-Wallfisch speaks with a clarity that resists time. Her voice, described in Observer UK accounts of her life and testimony, is forthright, steady, and entirely free of self-pity. It is not
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The confession is raw, uncomfortable, and increasingly familiar across modern society: six to seven hours a day lost to a glowing screen, not through choice, but through compulsion. The voice behind this
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Jonathan Daly’s The Man Who Knew Russia, through its sustained intellectual portrait of Richard Pipes, is best read not as a neutral scholarly biography but as a forceful argument about Russia’s historical
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Nearly 800 email and password combinations tied to Hungarian government employees have been exposed online, raising serious concerns about national cybersecurity and the safeguarding of sensitive state information. The revelations, uncovered through
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Sir Keir Starmer’s government has been forced to abandon legislation linked to a controversial plan to transfer sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, after opposition from US President Donald Trump triggered
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Vice President JD Vance has been thrust into the most consequential diplomatic role of his political career, after President Donald Trump appointed him to lead high-stakes peace negotiations with Iran, according to
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We are just days away from Hungary’s nail-biting election, and one of Russia’s most familiar tactics is playing out again, the same one seen so many times in Ukraine, Moldova, the U.S.,
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On April 10, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, met in Beijing with Cheng Li-wun, chairperson of the Chinese Kuomintang (KMT) party, who led a
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