The trial of Serhij K., a Ukrainian army officer accused of masterminding the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines beneath the Baltic Sea, has opened in Hamburg with two central
by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation as Prime Minister of Canada after a decade in office. Trudeau, 53, revealed that he will step down as leader of
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Editorial At the G20 summit in Bali in 2022, an illuminating tableau of contemporary geopolitics unfolded. Cameras captured an indelicate moment between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
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The “deep state”, never part of the Founding Fathers’ design, has turned US democracy into fiction, former US assistant treasury secretary and renowned economist Dr Paul Craig Roberts says. What does he
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Sri Lanka’s infrastructure development, funded through foreign aid, has been marred by significant delays, financial mismanagement, and the abandonment of projects, according to a damning National Audit Report issued in the last
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Donald Trump’s return to the White House promises a turbulent first 100 days as president, facing daunting challenges such as mass deportations, economic reform, and a high-stakes relationship with Elon Musk. According
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Germany’s economy is currently experiencing a period of stagnation, with Vice Chancellor and Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action Robert Habeck warning that the country has seen little real growth since
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The US state department disclosed on Thursday in an accounting of gifts received from foreign leaders during 2023 that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s was the “priciest” gift that President Biden received, rather,
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In 2023, foreign leaders showered President Joe Biden and his family with an array of lavish gifts, according to the State Department’s annual report. The gifts, valued in the tens of thousands
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi The renovation of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s official residence has sparked a significant controversy after a recent audit revealed that the cost of the project
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The Secretary to the President of Sri Lanka has issued a new circular, Circular No. PS/SB/Circular/1/2025, detailing revised guidelines for government ministries and institutions regarding their engagements with foreign states, international organizations,
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In a controversial series of posts, Elon Musk, the billionaire owner of X (formerly Twitter), has drawn intense scrutiny for amplifying disinformation and inflammatory rhetoric surrounding the UK’s “grooming gangs” scandal. According
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The dataset by the Brussels-based think tank Brugel aggregating the data on European natural gas import flows and storage levels puts in perspective Ukraine’s decision to halt the transit of Russian gas
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Have you ever wondered why the world’s most significant conflicts haven’t often been about land or wealth, but about water—specifically, the narrow, strategic passages that govern the flow of global commerce? What
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The late Jimmy Carter was an exemplary man. His honesty, modesty and good works set the mark for what American presidents should be like. He was the quintessential Christian gentlemen and a fine naval
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The fifth anniversary of the martyrdom of Iran and Iraq’s greatest anti-terrorist heroes has turned into guiding lights. By the dying evil American empire, as this writing goes on, tens of thousands
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