In an interview with El País, Scottish writer Douglas Stuart speaks about the subjects that have defined both his life and his fiction: poverty, fractured families, homosexuality, class and the enduring difficulty
Amid growing protests in cities like Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco against Donald Trump’s strict immigration policies, historian and New York Times journalist Clay Risen warns that the president is
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In a revealing interview with the Financial Times, Rafael Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), offered a rare and personal insight into the escalating global nuclear risks—from Iran’s growing
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The economic shockwaves from U.S. President Donald Trump’s intensifying trade war are presenting an even more difficult challenge for emerging markets than the Covid-19 crisis did five years ago, according to a
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Air India Ltd.’s path to profitability is facing renewed headwinds as Pakistan continues to block Indian airlines from using its airspace, adding significant flight times for long-haul operations. In an interview with
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P.K. Surendran is a noted film critic from Kerala, India, and a prominent voice in South Asian film discourse. A recipient of the Kerala State Award for the best book on cinema,
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The president of Somaliland, Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi, has declared that international recognition for the breakaway territory is “on the horizon,” citing ongoing high-level engagements with the United States, including what he describes
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Klaus Schwab, the 87-year-old founder of the World Economic Forum (WEF), has filed a criminal complaint against unnamed whistleblowers whose allegations triggered his departure from the organisation he led for over five
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Former FBI director James Comey has once again found himself at the centre of a political storm, this time over a beachside Instagram post that triggered intense backlash from Donald Trump’s supporters
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In the summer of 2004, J.K. Rowling saw a harrowing photo in The Sunday Times—a small, shaven-headed boy, Vasek Knotek, caged in a Czech orphanage. The image burned itself into her memory.
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In a pointed interview, billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates accused Elon Musk of “killing the world’s poorest children” through cuts to US development assistance, which he claimed were made out of ignorance. Gates,
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