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
In the Lincolnshire countryside of England, Alex Leiserach and his wife Louise experienced a technological shock after moving from West Sussex: internet so slow that web pages seemed to load pixel by
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Asian and Pacific governments convened this week at a United Nations forum to confront a mounting challenge: developing countries worldwide now face an estimated US$4 trillion financing gap needed to meet their
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Indian authorities are investigating whether safety lapses in the supply of a key pharmaceutical ingredient led to the contamination of a cough syrup that has killed at least 24 children in recent
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Chinese cruise lines that regularly sail to Japanese ports are urgently redrawing itineraries, redirecting ships to South Korea as tensions escalate following remarks by Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi. Her statement
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President Donald Trump’s ambitious Golden Dome missile-defense initiative is hitting severe turbulence, with the 43-day government shutdown and the absence of a formal spending plan for its first $25 billion derailing early
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The UK’s National Crime Agency has uncovered a money laundering system so extensive it connects British drug dealers to sanctioned Russian oligarchs, exposing yet another layer of the scandal surrounding Wirecard fugitive
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by Satchi When she was arrested by the Dutch, betrayed by some of her own people, Maria Sembatta, the Vanni chieftainess, reportedly looked at her captors with unbroken defiance and said, “I am
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The Miss Universe competition has been thrown into turmoil just days before the final in Bangkok, as a number of judges withdrew amid allegations of secret committees, rigged voting, and personal conflicts
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The head of the French armed forces has stirred controversy with remarks urging the nation to be ready to “lose its children” on the battlefield if it hopes to stand up to
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Chinese intelligence officers attempted to recruit “thousands” of people linked to Westminster in a wide-ranging online operation, according to Whitehall sources cited by Times UK. The campaign targeted parliamentary staff, advisers, economists,
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The assessment comes from the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, which released its annual report to Congress on Tuesday. The 700-page document includes an extensive chapter on Taiwan, stating that the
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Pakistan is preparing to launch an ambitious offshore energy project as it races to accelerate exploration of what some officials believe could be significant untapped reserves. According to reporting from Bloomberg, state-owned
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Tsinghua University, China’s premier science and technology institution, is emerging as a powerhouse in artificial intelligence, translating academic excellence into a surge of startups, patents, and technological influence, Bloomberg reports. The campus,
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Scientists have found that humanity’s love of kissing dates back far earlier than previously imagined, possibly originating with our distant ape ancestors 21 million years ago, a new study by the University
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On November 18, 2025, an official press release announced, Today morning, between 6.30 am and 7.00 am IST, an exchange of fire (EOF) occurred between Maoists and the police party in the
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