United Nations human rights experts have condemned the arrest, alleged enforced disappearance and detention of six Egyptian journalists who make up the entire newsroom of the independent investigative media platform Matsadaash, warning
In a remarkable leap, materials chemist Nan Liu jumped from a postdoctoral post in the United States to a full professorship in China — armed with a 4 million yuan (US$560,000) research
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The Trump administration has denied Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te permission to stop in New York during a planned diplomatic tour through Central America, following pressure from Beijing — a move that has
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As the world races toward net-zero emissions, nuclear power is back in the spotlight. Over 30 countries — including the United States, China, and France — have pledged to triple global nuclear
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A potential meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping is emerging as a key diplomatic event ahead of this year’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Gyeongju, South
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China has officially broken ground on the world’s most ambitious hydropower project — a massive dam on the Yarlung Tsangpo River in Tibet, with a projected power capacity of 60,000 megawatts, triple
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At least nine of 17 Japanese nationals detained by Chinese authorities since 2014 have been convicted of espionage for allegedly passing sensitive information to Japan’s intelligence agency in exchange for compensation, according
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The UK economy received an unexpected lift in early 2025 due to a rush in business activity triggered by President Trump’s sweeping tariffs on global trade. However, forecasters warn that the long-term
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Once hailed by Donald Trump as “incredible” and considered a rising star in American conservative politics, Candace Owens now finds herself at the center of a political and legal storm, facing a
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French defence contractor Naval Group has confirmed it was targeted by a cyberattack after hackers claimed to have accessed and published sensitive information related to its submarines and frigates. The incident, described
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One of India’s most influential regional leaders, N Chandrababu Naidu, is leveraging his strengthened political position as a key ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to launch an ambitious quantum computing hub
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In an unusual appeal, the U.S. Treasury is once again encouraging Americans to make voluntary donations to help reduce the nation’s staggering public debt. The program, which has quietly existed for decades,
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Donald Trump’s allies are promising to finally pull back the curtain on Russiagate, a narrative they claim was engineered by Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, and their intelligence allies. Former Congresswoman and now
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Qatar, one of Europe’s largest suppliers of liquefied natural gas (LNG), has warned it may suspend all gas exports to the continent unless the European Union relaxes key climate regulations under its
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Police in Ghaziabad, a city just outside New Delhi, have uncovered an elaborate diplomatic scam involving a self-proclaimed ambassador who represented a host of entirely fictitious countries. Harsh Vardhan Jain, 45, was
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Bronze sculptures commemorating the historic meeting between Fidel Castro and Che Guevara were recently removed from a public square in Mexico City’s Cuauhtémoc borough. The statues, depicting the iconic revolutionary leaders in
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