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
Throughout Bangladesh’s history, whenever democracy has weakened, the first blows have fallen upon its institutions. The judiciary, universities, the media, and professional organizations have gradually been transformed into testing grounds for political
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Chinese President Xi Jinping’s decision to invoke the “Thucydides Trap” during a major summit with the United States in Beijing was far more than a passing historical reference. It was a carefully
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In the vast rocky deserts surrounding Tinduf in southwestern Algeria, the Sahrawi refugee camps have long symbolized one of the world’s most protracted humanitarian crises. Now, after half a century of exile,
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Editorial What a move from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), as Indian missions remain deeply engaged in an intense global media campaign around Operation Sindoor and its geopolitical aftershocks, RSS General Secretary
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Internal studio documents from Elstree Studios have revealed one of the most striking misjudgments in film history: the rejection of Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels as unsuitable for cinema because they were
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China has issued a sharp warning to the United Kingdom over plans to nationalise British Steel, escalating tensions between London and Beijing in a dispute that blends industrial policy, foreign investment, and
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by Our Economic Affairs Editor U.S. President Donald Trump has begun a closely watched three-day visit to China at a moment of heightened geopolitical tension, returning to Beijing for the first time
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The United States has escalated its strained relationship with Europe after the Pentagon abruptly cancelled a planned deployment of a 4,000-strong armored brigade to Poland, a decision that has intensified concerns about
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The United States and Cuba have entered a new and unexpected phase of diplomatic engagement, marked by an extraordinary meeting in Havana between the director of the CIA and Cuba’s top internal
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The life of Golshifteh Farahani has long unfolded at the intersection of cinema, politics and controversy, but recent claims linking her indirectly to a diplomatic incident involving France’s first couple have pushed
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor The second day of a closely watched summit in Beijing saw Donald Trump attempting to downplay political friction with Xi Jinping after comments attributed to the Chinese
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Recently, through close coordination between China and Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan police repatriated 125 suspects involved in telecom and online fraud to China after they were arrested in earlier crackdown operations. On
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In 2022, the roughly 10,500 citizens of the Pacific Island state of Tuvalu began to migrate not from one country to another but from their physical islands to the digital world. Faced
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In modern conflicts, wars are no longer fought only on battlefields. They are increasingly fought through narratives, international reporting, digital information campaigns and competing claims over legitimacy. Civilian casualty reporting has become
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The Congress party has officially named VD Satheesan as the next Chief Minister of Kerala, bringing an end to nearly 10 days of political suspense following the election results declared on May
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