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Ecuadorian newspaper Expreso has ended its print edition after 53 years, with its publisher blaming months of alleged government pressure for a financial crisis that has threatened the survival of the publication.
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Ukrainian drones struck oil facilities in Novoshakhtinsk, in Russia’s Rostov region, overnight, hitting a major fuel terminal that supplies Russian military operations in the Donbas region and serves as an important route
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At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured in an attack on King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday, according to three anonymous sources cited by Reuters and The New
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Europe faces an unprecedented combination of economic, military and political challenges, according to British historian and journalist Timothy Garton Ash, who warns that the continent must strengthen its unity and reduce its
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Across the United States, a growing backlash against enormous data centres is emerging as an unexpected bipartisan political issue ahead of the 3 November midterm elections. From the dry communities of New
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Britain’s emerging debate over rejoining the European Union is colliding with a fundamental change in the bloc it left a decade ago, as European governments adopt more protectionist economic policies, expand defence
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A dispute over the legitimate ruler of Malaysia’s Negeri Sembilan state has escalated into a constitutional crisis, leaving its chief minister without an executive council and exposing tensions between traditional royal authority,
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Iran has launched a nationwide civilian mobilisation campaign combining military training, emergency preparedness and financial incentives as the country faces a prolonged conflict with the United States, worsening economic hardship and renewed
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Israel’s approaching parliamentary election on 27 October has intensified an increasingly personal debate among liberal Israelis about whether the country remains a place where they can live, work and raise their children.
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President Ronald Reagan seriously considered a Soviet proposal to eliminate all nuclear weapons by the year 2000, challenging the view that Washington dismissed the initiative as propaganda, according to declassified documents released
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The failed execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee raises questions far deeper than the breakdown of an execution protocol. Through the competing philosophies of Kant, Bentham, Mill, Hegel and Rawls, the episode
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Balochistan’s vast mineral wealth has become a strategic prize in China’s quest to secure critical resources and sustain its industrial ambitions. But as Beijing deepens its engagement through mining ventures and the
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