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
Khaled Abu Jarrar, a 58-year-old Palestinian from Beit Hanoon, now shelters in Gaza City’s former Legislative Council building—one of thousands of structures repurposed as displacement camps after Israel’s genocidal assault reduced entire
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Oxfam has been investigated over major failures in its staff vetting processes, eight years after the charity was engulfed by the Haiti sexual abuse scandal that forced it to promise sweeping reforms.
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The European Union and India have agreed what leaders on both sides are calling the largest trade deal ever concluded between them, a sweeping agreement that cuts billions of euros in tariffs
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France’s lower house of parliament has approved legislation that would prohibit children under the age of 15 from using social media, a decisive step backed by President Emmanuel Macron as part of
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A new study from the University of Oxford has found that nearly 3.8 billion people worldwide could face extreme heat by 2050, highlighting a climate threat that will hit tropical nations hardest
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For generations, La Malinche occupied a singularly dark place in Mexico’s national imagination. Her name became shorthand for treason, her story a cautionary tale of Indigenous betrayal during the Spanish conquest. As
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Melania Trump’s second term as first lady is being unveiled not through speeches or interviews, but through a $40 million documentary that she conceived, executive-produced and meticulously shaped herself. Premiering later this
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President Volodymyr Zelensky has undertaken a sweeping reshuffle of Ukraine’s top intelligence leadership as he seeks to repair strained relations with the United States, reassure Western allies over corruption, and strengthen Kyiv’s
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A legal battle between Elon Musk and the leaders of OpenAI has erupted into one of the most consequential corporate disputes in the history of artificial intelligence, with potentially seismic implications for
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China’s state-run news agency Xinhua has openly mocked the Trump administration after the White House used a viral internet meme featuring a penguin to promote its campaign to gain greater control over
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Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, leader of Yemen’s Ansar Allah movement, said Thursday that years of war and foreign intervention against Yemen were driven by strategic and economic ambitions rather than security concerns. Speaking in
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Global ocean temperatures climbed to some of the highest levels ever recorded in 2025, underscoring the relentless accumulation of heat within the Earth’s climate system and intensifying alarm among scientists. According to
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Ageing and shrinking populations are no longer distant projections but a defining reality for a growing share of the world. Governments across continents are grappling with the twin demographic pressures of fewer
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NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte has emerged as the most effective and controversial “Trump whisperer,” using charm, flattery, and strategic diplomacy to keep President Donald Trump engaged with the alliance, The Times UK
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Xi Jinping may command extraordinary authority at home, but in Britain the Chinese president is facing an adversary renowned for delay, complexity and attrition: the UK planning system. Plans for a vast
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