In early April 2024, the navies of four countries—Australia, Japan, the Philippines, and the United States—held a maritime exercise in the South China Sea. Australia’s Warramunga, Japan’s Akebono, the Philippines’ Antonio Luna, and the United
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Following the reapproval of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) on April 20, 2024, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer proudly declared that “bipartisanship has prevailed here in the Senate.” Despite the increasing rarity
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by Our Special Correspondent in Geneva “The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie.” ― Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn Following minor knee surgery, His Eminence Malcolm
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The title of this newsletter, ‘My heart makes my head swim’, comes from Frantz Fanon’s Black Skin, White Masks (1952). In a chapter called ‘The Fact of Blackness’, Fanon writes about the despair that
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You might be wondering … what’s it like to be the graduation speaker on an American college campus these days? On Monday evening, I got the chance to find out. Columbia University’s
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A collaborative effort between Chinese and international researchers has shed light on the evolutionary journey of baobab trees, pinpointing Madagascar as the cradle of all baobab species. Published on Wednesday in the
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The Sun emitted a strong solar flare, peaking at 10:38 a.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, according to NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory. The observatory, which watches the Sun constantly, captured an image of
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The China Coast Guard on Wednesday issued radio warnings to Philippine ships trespassing into the waters under China’s jurisdiction. On the same day, when answering a foreign media question on Filipino fishing
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Voting for the first three phases in India’s general elections has concluded. A center-left coalition of parties and the right-wing incumbent coalition are vying for votes and clashing over the issues of
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by Peter G. Feher Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico was shot several times in Handlova on Wednesday. The Slovak Prime Minister was transported by helicopter to the Banská Bystrica hospital in a life-threatening
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This is an ancient Buddhist inscription etched on a rock in eastern Afghanistan. It reads, Namo o-buddho, Namo o-dharmo, Namo o-sango. For centuries, Buddhists have recited some variation of this formula as
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A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a piece about mass demonstrations in Budapest in which protesters expressed resentment against alleged financial corruption running rampant through the country – corruption they believed
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Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico is in a life-threatening condition after being shot in Handlova, Slovakia’s Trencin region, a post from his social media said Wednesday. Fico is being transported by helicopter
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For the historic occasion at the hallowed St Andrew’s Hall of the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow, as Russia is poised at a tumultuous juncture of sculpturing and moulding its tryst with destiny, President
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India’s annual expenditure on artificial intelligence may hit $5 billion by 2027, up from $1.7 billion in 2023, according to a new report, cited by PTI news agency. India has consistently ranked among the top
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