The UK’s seemingly endless supply of fresh fruit and vegetables may be heading for a difficult test. A powerful El Niño climate pattern developing in the tropical Pacific is threatening to disrupt
The story of Xi Jinping’s China begins far from the gleaming skylines of Beijing and Shanghai. It starts in Liangjiahe, a small village nestled among the dusty, clay-colored hills of Shaanxi province,
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A subtle but significant shift is underway in Pakistan’s debt strategy. Islamabad is seeking to reduce its dependence on bilateral lenders by raising billions of dollars through international bonds and commercial borrowing.
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A historic and bloody conflict took place 269 years ago at a place called Palashi, on the banks of the Bhagirathi River, about 50 kilometers north of Krishnanagar in Nadia district of
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is facing the gravest crisis of his political career after reports emerged that he is preparing to announce his resignation today ( Monday), a move that could
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For more than four decades, Raimundo Batista de Souza carried memories of a place he believed he would never escape alive. Speaking from Porto Nacional in Brazil’s Tocantins state, where he now
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Across the vast expanse of the Sahara, a decades-old energy ambition is beginning to move again. After years of stalled plans, diplomatic disputes, and financial uncertainty, the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) has
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Michael Heseltine spent six decades at the centre of British political life, occupying some of the highest offices of state and becoming one of the Conservative Party’s most recognisable figures. Yet, at
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When Charlotte Buttercase’s phone rang at 2am, the final-year medical student at the University of Manchester answered because she believed there could be an emergency. The call came from an unidentified number,
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Renate Welsh spent much of her life giving words to those who struggled to be heard. Through decades of children’s and adult literature, she explored loneliness, injustice, exclusion and the search for
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When Mark Carney and Friedrich Merz took office just over a year ago, both leaders faced a difficult economic environment shaped by global uncertainty, trade tensions and a changing relationship with the
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“More the decline of the Buddhist Order of Sri Lanka, taller the statues.” ~ EW Adikaram (Onwards alone like a unicorn) In November 2025, officials from the Department of Wildlife raided the
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Among many citizens of Bangladesh, a growing unease has taken root—a profound apprehension that the country is gradually surrendering its sovereign will to external powers and becoming increasingly vulnerable to foreign influence
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New negotiations between the United States and Iran have begun to address Iran’s nuclear program. Further correspondence, talks, and sanctions-related understandings have been established, with a 60-day window to negotiate a broader
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As the Indo-Lanka Accord intensified political tensions across the country, a deadly explosion inside Parliament exposed the reach of insurgent violence and left a lasting mark on Sri Lanka’s political history. On
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For more than three years, the conflict in Manipur has exposed a troubling reality at the heart of the world’s largest democracy: a state can deploy thousands of security personnel, impose curfews,
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