Nepal’s UN speech was powerful in its portrayal of climate vulnerability but far less complete in explaining the forces behind it. Its strongest arguments about climate justice, broken supply chains and unequal
Researchers based in China have been excluded from applying to the European Union’s most advanced collaborative technology programmes, according to reporting by the South China Morning Post. The move affects €93 billion
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor “We need today to stop asking the victims to do more because the victims, the Palestinian victims, have offered and have done everything required by them in
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Four years before Vladimir Putin’s forces crossed into Ukraine on 24 February 2022, Western intelligence agencies were quietly but comprehensively tracking what would become one of the most consequential breaches of European
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President Donald Trump has reignited tensions over global trade by reinstating a reduced set of tariffs while launching a fierce attack on the US Supreme Court for striking down his sweeping import
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In 1985, a young Communist Party official named Xi Jinping led a delegation from Zhengding to Iowa, the heartland of American agriculture, to study local farming practices. Among those who welcomed him
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In a refined café inside the Imperial Hotel Tokyo, where diplomats, executives, and elegantly dressed patrons move with ritual precision, 57-year-old Miki Yamagishi appears indistinguishable from any other middle-class customer enjoying an
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On February 17, 2026, a fact-finding report released by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) concluded that Punjab’s Crime Control Department (CCD) had adopted a deliberate policy of staged encounters that
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A Draft of the much-heralded Defence Acquisition Procedure has now been released for public comments, even though the time given for the same may be less by March 03. Yet there is
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The kidnapping of a sitting head of state marks a grave escalation in US-Venezuela relations. By seizing Venezuela’s constitutional president, Washington signaled both its disregard for international law and its confidence that
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The current liberal surge feels real, a swell in public sentiment that suggests energy and possibility. Polling numbers rise, and political commentators point to renewed enthusiasm for Democrats, but beneath the surface,
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Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has set her sights on eliminating the 8% consumption tax on food for two years, a key pledge in the lead-up to the February 8 Lower House election.
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On 5 February 2026, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) expired, ending the last surviving legal constraint on the strategic nuclear arsenals of the United States and the Russian Federation.
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These days, I find myself thinking of a character from the old Yugoslav partisan film Battle of Sutjeska. The film is dedicated to the heroic battle and Tito’s brilliant tactical maneuver to extricate
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On 14 February, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif unveiled a Ramadan relief package of 38 billion Pakistani rupees (Rs38b) to help 12.1 million low-income households in Pakistan. The families will get direct digital
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Bangladesh, a nation forged in the crucible of 1971, rests on the unshakable pillars of freedom, justice, and national self-determination. Its history, institutions, and the principles of the Liberation War are sacred,
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