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
When Hugo Chávez arrived in London in October 2001, two years into his presidency, the visit was presented as routine diplomacy between allies. Chávez was scheduled to meet prime minister Tony Blair
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When a Russian model emailed Jeffrey Epstein in 2017 to say it had been nice to see him, the exchange initially followed a grimly familiar pattern. Epstein asked her to “send a
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Russian schoolchildren are being taught that Winston Smith, the protagonist of George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984, behaved like a dangerous radical whose actions mirror those of criminals and terrorists, according to a
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President Donald Trump has demanded that two of the United States’ most prominent transport hubs be renamed in his honor before he agrees to release $16 billion in frozen federal funding for
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Chinese President Xi Jinping pressed President Donald Trump to curb US arms sales to Taiwan during a phone call this week, underscoring the island’s central role in strained US-China relations and highlighting
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The United States and India have unveiled a far-reaching framework for an Interim Trade Agreement that both sides describe as a historic milestone, one that could recalibrate global trade flows and anchor
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Arrested once again in Venezuela under opaque circumstances, Alex Saab has returned to the center of a story that mirrors the trajectory of the Bolivarian Revolution itself: improvisation elevated to doctrine, secrecy
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Al-Qaeda and its affiliates now command a global force far larger than the one that carried out the September 11 attacks, according to new intelligence assessed by the United Nations, underscoring how
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On the sun-drenched islands of Fiji, known for pristine beaches and exclusive resorts, a hidden epidemic has quietly taken hold. Methamphetamine use and HIV infections are rising at alarming rates, fueled by
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In Moscow, a neurotechnology company called Neiry is claiming to have developed pigeons equipped with computer chips capable of controlling their flight, a project that has drawn scrutiny for its links to
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Spain is reeling after revelations that Francisco de Borbón, a distant cousin of former King Juan Carlos, has been arrested for allegedly laundering millions in drug money through cryptocurrency, alongside Óscar Sánchez
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The latest tranche of documents from the U.S. Justice Department, released Friday under a congressional transparency law, casts fresh light on the relationship between Noam Chomsky, the world-renowned linguist, and Jeffrey Epstein,
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On a sweltering night three decades ago in China’s southern Guangdong province, Chen Mingxia’s infant son was torn from her arms in a violent raid that shattered her family forever. Masked men
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Jeffrey Epstein may have fathered multiple secret children, including one allegedly taken from her mother minutes after birth, according to newly released files from the U.S. Justice Department that shed fresh light
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France, a founding member of the European Union and for decades one of its wealthiest economies, is sliding steadily down the continent’s prosperity rankings, raising alarms among economists and commentators who warn
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