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On Saturday evening, Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of the Wagner private military group, accepted Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s suggestion to halt Wagner’s operations in Russia and take further measures to ease tension, pledging
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In an unusual cartoon illustrated spread taking up more than half its front page last Tuesday, the Daily Mirror splashed the news of the impending appointment of Mr. Rohitha Bogollagama, a former foreign minister, as
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“There are disasters that are entirely manmade, but none that are entirely natural”. Rebecca Solnit On Sunday 18 June of this year Titan, which was about 6.5 metres long (the size of an average minivan),
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On April 1, 1953, a U.S Naval attaché in Helsinki picked up a scrap of intelligence: A Finnish border guard had “attempted to offer condolences on Stalin’s death to [his Soviet] counterpart,”
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Earlier this month, CNN reported that a British court has denied Wikileaks founder Julian Assange “permission to appeal an order to extradite him to the United States, where he faces criminal charges under the
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The Kremlin leadership has acted decisively to meet the threat of an armed insurrection by the Russian oligarch and self-styled ‘founder’ of Wagner Group of military contractors, Yevgeny Prigozhin. In a series of
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What are the key points of Putin’s address to nation over PMC Wagner coup attempt? Read them here. Putin is responsible for this, because he has let a conflict continue for 16
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The Gwadar Port and the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) in Baluchistan are two interrelated endeavors that have attracted considerable scholarly and public interest in recent times. The Gwadar Port and China-Pakistan Economic
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The United Nations (UN) was set up in 1945 as an international umbrella organisation with several objectives primarily including the prevention of war and maintaining peace in disputed areas. However, the UN
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Caring for the vulnerable, disabled, and elderly is a highly sought-after and valuable service in the United Kingdom. Adult Social Care offers practical support to individuals with disabilities, physical or mental impairments,
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The day’s fast-moving events seemed to mark a final rupture in the broken relationship between the Wagner PMC and the Russian MoD, and one that was unlikely to be easily repaired. Rather,
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Political analyst Ashley J Tellis in a recent article in Foreign Affairs magazine (India as It Is Washington and New Delhi Share Interests, Not Values By Daniel Markey July/August 2023 Published on
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Editorial The just concluded Summit for a New Global Financing Pact, held on 22 and 23 June 2023 in France, provided a platform for leaders from around the world to address the
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United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chung hosted an event in Colombo on June 22 to mark the 247th anniversary of America’s Declaration of Independence. Ambassador Chung took the opportunity to also
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