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Shakira returned to the global football stage on Thursday with the launch of “Dai Dai,” the official anthem for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, marking what the Colombian singer described as her
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German prosecutors have charged a pediatrician in the eastern state of Brandenburg with 130 counts of child sexual abuse, including rape, in a case that has shocked the country and exposed serious
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Chinese President Xi Jinping’s decision to invoke the “Thucydides Trap” during a major summit with the United States in Beijing was far more than a passing historical reference. It was a carefully
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Throughout Bangladesh’s history, whenever democracy has weakened, the first blows have fallen upon its institutions. The judiciary, universities, the media, and professional organizations have gradually been transformed into testing grounds for political
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In the summer of 1894, a young Mohandas Gandhi stood before the Natal Assembly in South Africa to protest a law designed to strip Indians of their voting rights through procedural sleight
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Editorial Sri Lanka’s banking sector is facing a widening credibility crisis driven by multiple allegations of large-scale financial misconduct, internal collusion, and regulatory failure. The names now being repeatedly discussed are not
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Editorial What a move from the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), as Indian missions remain deeply engaged in an intense global media campaign around Operation Sindoor and its geopolitical aftershocks, RSS General Secretary
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