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
Iran’s modern technological rise is increasingly being seen as a case study in unintended consequences, where decades of sanctions and isolation have pushed the country not toward stagnation, but toward self-reliance and
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A 15-metre Christmas tree once again dominates Manger Square in Bethlehem, rising beside one of Christianity’s holiest sites — the Basilica of the Nativity, built over the grotto believed to mark the
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Italy has removed the final word “Sì!” from its national anthem, ending a long-standing patriotic flourish that pledged citizens’ readiness to die for the country, following a proposal by Prime Minister Giorgia
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Left-wing candidates have failed to win a single presidential election in the region this year, in what some analysts are calling a “blue tide,” reversing the “pink tide” that swept Latin America
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Pakistan has reached a weapons deal worth more than $4 billion with Libya’s eastern-based Libyan National Army, according to four Pakistani officials, in what would rank among the country’s largest-ever military export
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Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro issued a stark warning to regional and global leaders on December 22, accusing the United States of an aggressive military escalation that he said threatens Venezuela, the wider
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A controversial historical account has reignited debate over one of the most consequential elections in postwar Europe, alleging that the CIA, the Vatican, and organized crime worked together to manipulate Italy’s 1948
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Editor’s note: The following article was first published in The Sunday Morning, a Colombo-based weekly newspaper. New Delhi’s winter is approaching with a gentle chill, though the city retains a pleasant calm,
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On paper, 2026 is shaping up to be a benign year for oil importers, with global supply expected to comfortably outpace moderating demand. Brent crude prices are already well below last year’s
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Asia emerged in 2025 as the central arena of global geopolitical change, no longer merely responding to pressures from major powers but actively generating them. The U.S. effort to reshape the global
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Over the past two years, few technologies have provoked as much economic speculation as generative artificial intelligence. Its rapid diffusion into workplaces, from software development and finance to education and professional services,
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Germany’s government is considering a major expansion of powers for its foreign intelligence service that would allow it to carry out sabotage, cyberattacks and other offensive operations overseas, according to a report
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Imagine that you notice an unfamiliar male face out of the corner of your eye. You turn to look at it, but it turns out that you perceived a face-like visual cue—a
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Bangladesh’s political future has become increasingly uncertain since the outbreak of protests in June 2024 against reservation policies favoring descendants of freedom fighters. What began as a student-led agitation has since evolved
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High above Earth, some 22,000 miles into space, an unacknowledged encounter in 2022 revealed how rapidly outer space is being transformed into a new arena of military competition. An American patrol satellite
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