Global liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade reached a record level in 2025 as rising US exports and increased European imports offset weaker demand from major Asian buyers, according to a report by
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The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced on Monday that it is making available more than $281 million in grant funding to support programmes addressing addiction, overdose prevention and
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China’s rapidly expanding gig economy is absorbing millions of workers affected by a weak job market, but the shift from traditional employment to flexible work is creating growing challenges for wages, social
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The Japanese yen weakened further on Tuesday as traders continued pushing the currency lower amid the absence of fresh intervention signals from Japanese authorities, though the possibility of a surprise yen-buying move
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NATO cannot afford to be “naive” about China’s military development as security challenges in the Indo-Pacific and Europe become increasingly interconnected, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said ahead of the alliance’s summit
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Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte faces a high-stakes impeachment trial in the Senate beginning Monday, a case that could reshape the country’s political landscape and determine whether she remains a leading contender
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Turkish authorities have intensified a crackdown on perceived critics ahead of this week’s NATO summit in Ankara, with the detention of journalists, academics and lawyers drawing renewed attention to concerns over press
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Relations between India and the United States have come under renewed scrutiny after former Indian intelligence official Vikram Sood cited remarks allegedly made by US Deputy Secretary of State Landau suggesting that
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North Korea has signalled its ambition to expand its naval capabilities and play a larger role in military cooperation with China and Russia through a major weapons test involving its newly commissioned
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As Bangladesh began to show its first signals of hard geopolitical steering, drifting away from India and embracing China, that too strategically, India must ensure that its tactical footprint and core interests
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As Pakistan seeks a larger diplomatic role amid renewed geopolitical attention, its gravest challenges remain within its own borders. The conflict in West Asia, renewed American engagement, Saudi financial support, and strategic
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This is the second and final part of this interview, the first part of which was published in yesterday’s edition. Seventeen years after the military defeat of the LTTE, Frerks sees Sri
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Millions of people are thronging through the streets of Tehran this week as the state funeral for Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei takes place; Khamenei ruled Iran for three decades and
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When one has witnessed not only a colour revolution in her own country (Macedonia, 2015–2016) but also sensed its arrival during Ukraine’s Euromaidan in 2014, every new outburst of supposedly spontaneous revolt provokes scepticism.
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Diplomacy is often communicated as much through absence as through presence. State funerals are among the few occasions where protocol itself becomes a form of political signaling. The rank of the representative
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