India’s External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar is scheduled to visit Sri Lanka next week, reinforcing Delhi’s commitment to aid and reconstruction following Cyclone Ditwah, which struck the island on November 27, 2025.
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U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard has accused European NATO members of attempting to pull the United States into a direct military confrontation with Russia, sharply criticizing Reuters for what she
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On paper, 2026 is shaping up to be a benign year for oil importers, with global supply expected to comfortably outpace moderating demand. Brent crude prices are already well below last year’s
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Asia emerged in 2025 as the central arena of global geopolitical change, no longer merely responding to pressures from major powers but actively generating them. The U.S. effort to reshape the global
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva warned on Saturday that any armed intervention in Venezuela would amount to a humanitarian catastrophe, as tensions rise following new measures by the United States
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The U.S. Justice Department on Friday released thousands of heavily redacted documents related to the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, a disclosure that made scant reference to President Donald
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Tesla chief executive Elon Musk’s net worth has surged to an estimated $749 billion after the Delaware Supreme Court reinstated Tesla stock options valued at $139 billion that had been voided last
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In our Donald-in-Wonderland world, the US is at war with Venezuela while still grasping for a public rationale. The horrific human toll is real – over a 100,000 fatalities from illegal sanctions and over a hundred from more
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Over the past two years, few technologies have provoked as much economic speculation as generative artificial intelligence. Its rapid diffusion into workplaces, from software development and finance to education and professional services,
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“Whenever Jupiter changes position, the JVP becomes powerful. But that power never lasts long. Within two or three years, it fades away. That happened in 1971. It happened in 1987. It happened
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Repressive government actions that restrict citizen behaviour undermine political legitimacy and fuel anti-government sentiment, as history has repeatedly demonstrated, the Soviet Union being a case in point. Rather than quelling dissent, repression
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Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future. — attributed to Niels Bohr It has been my custom, bordering on a private ritual, to begin each calendar year with The World Ahead of The Economist and
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On December 18, 2025, the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, spokesperson of the Inqilab Mancha and a prospective candidate for the upcoming 13th National Parliamentary Election, triggered a rapid escalation of protests
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Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that Moscow would consider refraining from deep strikes on Ukraine on the day the country holds a presidential election, provided that millions of Ukrainians currently
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