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Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks shifted American fears towards threats originating overseas, public concern has increasingly turned inward, with Americans now considerably more worried about attacks by domestic extremists than
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The mountain section whose collapse triggered deadly floods in Nepal and China on August 26 experienced exceptionally high temperatures in the days before the disaster, according to meteorological data reconstructed and analysed
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Eight years after US prosecutors secretly charged Huawei Technologies with defrauding HSBC and other banks over its business dealings with Iran, the long-running criminal case is finally heading to trial in New
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Alphabet’s Google has introduced major changes to its online search results in Europe, saying it is complying with European Union antitrust requirements at the cost of a poorer user experience and higher
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The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy said it had targeted two US vessels and eight tankers in the Persian Gulf in response to a US attack on five Iranian tankers, while also
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Prime Minister Modi’s recent address highlights a carefully crafted narrative of strength and invincibility. However, these claims fall short when compared to empirical evidence. India’s economic performance has shown signs of stagnation,
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India and Canada are moving rapidly to rebuild their economic partnership, even as unresolved concerns over organised crime, foreign interference and transnational repression continue to cast a shadow over the diplomatic reset.
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Islamabad is now bigger than the institutional setup which was conceived for it. According to 2023 Census, Islamabad Capital Territory’s population stands at more than 2.36 million, with its annual population growth
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The latest PISA assessment presents an unusually stark picture of educational performance. More than 760,000 15-year-old students across 91 participating countries and economies were assessed, producing evidence of broad declines in some
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