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
A catastrophic gas explosion at a coal mine in northern China has left at least 90 people dead and dozens more injured, marking the country’s worst mining disaster in nearly two decades.
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A new investigation by the ISGlobal health institute has delivered a stark warning about the future of international development cooperation, estimating that more than 11.5 million avoidable deaths could occur by 2030
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It was July 1971. Henry Kissinger, the most powerful national security advisor in the world, quietly boarded a Pakistani aircraft in Islamabad. His destination was Beijing, a city no senior American official had
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The two most powerful leaders on earth met in Beijing on May 14 and 15, 2026. The world watched. So did New Delhi. This was only the second face-to-face summit of Donald
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China’s top economic planning agency has publicly denied accusations that Beijing is pressuring domestic technology firms to reject foreign investment, pushing back against growing international concern that the country is erecting new
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Norway expecting to reinforce India’s growing engagement with the Nordic region through trade, green technology cooperation and strategic diplomacy. Instead, his Oslo visit became overshadowed by protests
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An investigation reported by the Jerusalem Post details how Israel’s expanding artificial intelligence targeting infrastructure is reshaping the battlefield, turning digital traces from phones and surveillance networks into what critics describe as
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The Soufan Center notes Israel and the government of Lebanon are expanding direct talks to include a military “track,” even as Beirut refuses to order its armed forces to confront Hezbollah. The
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A cache of newly declassified American intelligence records has opened a rare window into the hidden world of Cold War-era UFO investigations, revealing extraordinary encounters tracked by military radar systems across multiple
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The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk has issued a strong warning to states over the ongoing involuntary return of Afghan refugees and asylum-seekers, calling the practice a violation
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The United States military has significantly drawn down its stockpile of advanced missile-defense interceptors after expending far more high-end munitions defending Israel than Israeli forces used themselves during hostilities with Iran, according
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SpaceX is preparing for one of the largest initial public offerings in history, positioning itself around an extraordinary long-term vision that includes building a self-sustaining human presence on Mars, mining asteroids and
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Sino-Russian Mega Pipeline ‘Power of Siberia 2’ Signals Deep Energy Realignment Between Xi and Putin
A vast planned gas pipeline linking Russia’s Arctic energy fields to China is emerging as one of the most strategically significant infrastructure projects in global energy markets, underscoring the deepening alignment between
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Armenia is rapidly emerging as one of the most strategically significant states on Europe’s periphery, according to analysis associated with The Soufan Center. Positioned between Iran, Türkiye, and the broader South Caucasus,
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The Donald Trump administration has just indicted former Cuban President Raúl Castro for the downing of two planes in 1996. Given the similarities between the measures taken against Cuba in recent months
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