The United States’ admission marks more than a disclosure of previously opaque capabilities. It places the reality of orbital weapons more openly at the centre of the strategic competition among the world’s
As China seeks greater influence over the development of artificial intelligence, Beijing is confronting a strategic problem: the systems shaping the technology’s future are trained predominantly on English-language data and can reflect
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The United States has long been the world’s leading destination for ambitious scientific minds. But as China strengthens its ability to attract researchers and develop high-level scientific and technological talent, changes in
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Iran’s military has announced a $30,000 reward for any Iranian citizen who kills or captures a US serviceman, with the payment doubled if the action is carried out by a woman, according
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“My fight was against the mafia, not against the citizen, and I am a libertarian. At the same time, I would say I am absolutely left.” K. J. Alphons, former Union Minister,
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At Europe’s biggest and busiest port, the consequences of a rapidly deepening drought are already being measured in extra barges, reduced cargoes and rising costs. With water levels on the Rhine at
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The terrorist threat confronting Asia is becoming more complex even as some of the world’s most prominent extremist organisations face sustained pressure, according to a new United Nations assessment. The threat level
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The language of Russia’s war in Ukraine is changing, creating a vocabulary in which ordinary words and numbers have acquired stark new meanings. Terms such as “meat”, “arrival”, “zero” and “business trip”
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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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‘Mr Speaker, all case reports dismissed by ‘Hulftsdorp’ fall under the jurisdiction of Sucharitha. While I am not a lawyer, reviewing those dismissed case files has taught me a great deal about
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Around 30 prisoners convicted of serious offences in Sweden are preparing to serve their sentences in Estonia, hundreds of kilometres from where they were tried. They will form the first group transferred
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Luna al-Shibl rose from television presenter to one of Bashar al-Assad’s most powerful advisers, but her sudden death in 2024 exposed the dangers of proximity to a regime whose inner workings she
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A new wave of piracy off Somalia is exposing the fragile security of the Horn of Africa, as depleted fishing grounds, drought and stretched naval patrols drive former fishermen back to the
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Afghanistan’s expanding CCTV network is giving the Taliban new power to monitor public life, while women, activists and political opponents describe a growing climate of fear five years after the fall of
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The world witnessed the fall of the Afghan republic on 15 August 2021, with a shocking degree of rapidity. With Taliban fighters marching into Kabul, President Ghani fleeing from his post, and
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On July 1, 2026, the day China’s new Ethnic Unity law went into effect, a storm of criticism ensued. All major Western media, governments, politicians and human rights groups raced to denounce
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