The speech argues that ancient Greece gave the West far more than democracy, philosophy and political institutions: it bequeathed a distinctive ideal of human excellence, intellectual curiosity, courage, competition and national loyalty.
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US President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” an annual round of joint military exercises with South Korea, arguing that the drills are costly and send an inappropriate and
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China’s first national rules governing emotionally engaging AI seek to prevent chatbots from replacing human relationships, as millions of users increasingly turn to artificial companions for intimacy, reassurance and companionship. For Yuan
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Pakistan is experiencing one of its deadliest periods for terrorism in more than a decade, with violence in 2026 increasing in both frequency and lethality. July alone recorded more than 600 deaths,
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This article is adapted and abridged from a speech delivered by the author at the Sarmaya Art Foundation, Mumbai, on 8 August 2026. The text is based on the author’s two books
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The wars that have reshaped the Middle East since the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, have entered a diplomatic phase marked by a striking common obstacle: the parties involved
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For much of Dario Amodei’s rise to the summit of artificial intelligence, almost nothing was publicly known about his private life. Even his marital status remained a mystery until only a few
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Ursula Kemp was a strong-willed woman. That may have been one reason she eventually ended up on the gallows. A midwife and healer in the small English village of St Osyth, Kemp
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Jonathan did not want to leave Israel. When his wife first suggested moving abroad, he resisted. But after years of war, political turmoil, economic pressure and social tension, the Tel Aviv real-estate
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Nearly 80 years after the dissolution of British India produced the independent states of India and Pakistan, public opinion in both countries continues to be shaped by deep mutual distrust. A new
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North Korea may be preparing to send another large contingent of troops to support Russia in its war against Ukraine, raising concerns not only about the immediate battlefield consequences but also about
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The United States is intensifying its campaign against the Cuban government, with the Central Intelligence Agency establishing a targeted task force to gather intelligence, monitor financial activity linked to the Cuban political
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For 27 years, Ahmad Khan’s life was in Pakistan. Originally from Afghanistan, he ran a small shoe shop in Sialkot in the north, sent his children to a local school and watched
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A liberal Taiwanese industry is exploiting a vast Chinese demand for pornography that Beijing bans, using Mandarin, Chinese settings and increasingly artificial intelligence to make audiences believe what they are watching comes
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