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
As Brussels tightens its rules on foreign investment, a new geopolitical and economic fault line is emerging over China’s expanding industrial footprint in Europe, raising questions about whether the continent should embrace
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The United States has quietly moved to loosen key financial restrictions on Venezuela’s central banking system, offering what analysts describe as a tactical and politically charged reprieve for the government in Caracas
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Iran secretly obtained access to a Chinese-built spy satellite that was allegedly used to monitor United States military installations across the Middle East during recent regional hostilities, according to reporting from Times
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China is facing renewed geopolitical pressure after tensions escalated in the Gulf, where a naval blockade and regional conflict have threatened global energy flows and forced Beijing to respond more directly to
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Cuba’s deepening crisis has once again pulled the Vatican into a familiar role. In March, it was revealed that Cuban officials turned to the Holy See to help persuade U.S. President Donald Trump to
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A Note from the Editorial The Red Sea, long regarded as one of the most vital maritime arteries in the world, is now at the center of an escalating global security crisis.
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by Nil “Rumour and conspiracy theories can produce even more powerful effects than reality.” With this disquietingly contemporary observation, Rasputin: And the Downfall of the Romanovs by Antony Beevor declares its central
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Since the beginning of the new era, China’s policy of fostering amity, sincerity, mutual benefit, and inclusiveness in neighborhood diplomacy has significantly advanced its relations with neighboring countries. China has reached a
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At a solemn Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony today afternoon, David Barnea, head of Mossad, delivered a stark message about the future of Israel’s covert operations against Iran, signaling that recent military actions
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What compels a young woman raised in comfort to seek proximity to violence? What does it mean to voluntarily step into conversations with those who openly declare allegiance to brutality? And how
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Across the globe, the tools of conflict are evolving. In South Asia, the erosion of the Indus Waters Treaty is transforming rivers into instruments of strategic leverage between India and Pakistan. Half
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The ambitious and promising-looking talks between the US and Iran, especially those in Pakistan, were billed as the “Islamabad talks” or an “accord” that had not even lasted for twenty-four hours, leading
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by Eric There are moments in the life of an institution when an appointment is not simply recorded, but quietly alters the grammar of how authority is imagined within it. The elevation
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The unprecedented exchange began after Donald Trump launched a personal attack on Pope Leo XIV, the first American-born pontiff in history, accusing him publicly of political bias and weakness. According to reporting
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As the United States farcically walks away from the negotiations with Iran in Pakistan, it was always a matter of concern whether Israel would abide by any such agreement. This was particularly
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