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
Spain’s top judicial authority has sanctioned a magistrate for using artificial intelligence to help draft a court ruling, in a case that underscores growing global tensions over the role of emerging technology
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Sri Lanka’s migrant worker population in Israel has reached nearly 30,000 by the end of December 2025, according to latest available figures, with a total of 29,352
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Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, is accelerating an ambitious industrial vision that aims to reshape the continent’s economic model, turning it from a supplier of raw materials into a global manufacturing and
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The United States has unveiled an ambitious and controversial strategy to establish nuclear power plants on the Moon, marking one of the most aggressive expansions of space policy in modern history. Under
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A former senior Meta executive has warned that artificial intelligence is fundamentally rewriting the rules of employment, particularly for young people trying to enter the workforce. Clara Shih, who previously led Business
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Brazil is confronting a mounting household debt crisis that has left millions of families struggling to stay afloat in an economy marked by inequality, high borrowing costs, and aggressive financial expansion. According
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Global military expenditure surged to a record $2.887 trillion in 2025, extending more than a decade of continuous growth and signaling a world increasingly shaped by insecurity and geopolitical tension. The figures,
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In the immediate aftermath of a security scare at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner in Washington, DC, social media platforms were flooded with conspiracy theories claiming the incident had been staged. According
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By day, they scan the skies above the Gulf of Oman, watching anxiously for any sign of attack or suspicious movement near their ships. By night, they replay the same films repeatedly,
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After two years, US President Trump faced another assassination attempt during the Annual Correspondents’ Dinner organised at the Hilton Hotel yesterday. The last serious one occurred during his campaign days in June
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Today was a very important day for Mali. This country, under the leadership of President General Assimi Goïta, is the most important outpost of the multipolar world in West Africa — and
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Two years after the death of Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, Yulia Navalnaya says she still hears her husband’s voice. It is not only a memory but a guiding force, shaping her
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An emerging picture of the 2026 war in Iran suggests that the battlefield extends far beyond military bases and weapons facilities, reaching deep into the country’s civilian policing infrastructure. According to findings
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The modern battlefield is no longer confined to land, sea, or air. In the escalating confrontation between Iran, the United States, and Israel, a parallel war is unfolding in the digital realm—one
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The war in Sudan has crossed the three-year mark, a grim milestone in what many analysts now describe as an “abandoned crisis.” Despite staggering human suffering and widespread displacement, the conflict has
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