European Union leaders are preparing for a difficult battle over the bloc’s next long-term budget, with disagreements over spending priorities and fears of electoral gains by eurosceptic parties threatening efforts to reach
Few developments since the Taliban’s return to power have been as surprising as India’s gradual re-emergence in Afghanistan. In 2021, most observers assumed Islamabad would be the principal beneficiary of the new
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When Ashley Delgado was in high school in Cleveland, Ohio, she dreamed of becoming a doctor. She earned strong grades, excelled in science and Latin, and imagined a future where she could
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The ruling National People’s Power (NPP) government last week emphasised, in no uncertain terms, that it wouldn’t tolerate the growing Opposition challenge. Amidst the growing controversy over the continuing detention of retired
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On 22 June, Washington underscored its commitment to deepening ties with Colombo by announcing the provision of a Fleet Broadband satellite communications system valued at approximately US$4 million (over Rs. 1.2 billion)
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Public perceptions of the United States and President Donald Trump have deteriorated across much of the world, according to a new report released by the Pew Research Center, which found declining confidence
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The Pathfinder Foundation hosted a luncheon meeting in Colombo on June 23 for Dr. S. Paul Kapur, the United States Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, bringing together
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The global order is entering a harder-edged phase of realism, in which power increasingly rests on the ability to compel rather than the authority to persuade. Across regions, calculations of immediate advantage
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The Iran–US Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) emerged not from reconciliation, but from exhaustion and strategic failure by the United States and its allies. It was the product of a war that had
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The battle for socialist liberation in the twenty-first century cannot be fought with the weapons of the last century. In an era in which algorithms hold sway, in which the influence of
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The systems that run military networks, critical infrastructure, businesses, and everyday devices are becoming more powerful, interconnected, and complex — but the ability to fully understand how they function has not kept
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While the Islamic State (IS) no longer controls territory across Iraq and Syria as it did at the height of its power, the group is adapting to a transformed security environment, exploiting
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Europe’s automotive market recorded growth in May as rising demand for electric and hybrid vehicles offset a sharp decline in petrol and diesel sales, according to data from the European Automobile Manufacturers’
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Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced a new strategy to restart oil trade with Cuba through private companies, creating a commercial framework designed to allow fuel exchanges while avoiding exposure of state
More Belgium has granted a one-day visa to a Taliban delegation invited to Brussels for migration discussions with European Union officials, allowing the group to enter the country but restricting travel beyond Belgian
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The United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union has failed to deliver several of the economic and social outcomes promised by supporters of Brexit, according to an analysis published by El Pais
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