Japan’s ruling coalition has collapsed after the Komeito party, the junior partner to the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), announced it was ending its alliance with the ruling bloc over disagreements on political
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India is attempting a financial transformation by turning millions of low-income earners into stock market investors. Families long reliant on cash and gold are being encouraged to invest through mutual fund plans
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The US Senate has passed legislation requiring advanced artificial intelligence chipmakers, including Nvidia Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc., to prioritize American customers over China, marking a setback for the industry’s efforts
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Apple Inc. is expanding the responsibilities of several top executives in response to the upcoming retirement of longtime Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams, according to people familiar with the matter. Services chief
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‘Victory has a thousand fathers. Defeat is an orphan’ ~ Attributed to Count Ciano How very true. Thunderous self-congratulations echo over the temporary ceasefire in Gaza that many hope will end two years
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Editor’s Note: The following article is based on a speech delivered by the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un, at the meeting celebrating the 80th founding anniversary of the Workers’ Party
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Four of the world’s five remaining communist leaders are convening in Pyongyang this week, a symbolic gathering that underscores both the endurance and evolution of the world’s few one-party regimes. Among them
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The Sri Lankan government has announced a minor cabinet reshuffle, appointing new ministers and several deputy ministers to strengthen administrative operations. The move comes as part of the government’s ongoing efforts to
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In February 2025, Senegal’s Court of Auditors released a report that found ‘anomalies’ in the management of public finances between 2019 and 2024, during the presidency of Macky Sall (2012–2024). For instance, the court found that
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by Luxman Aravind In diplomatic circles, there is an old saying: “If you are not at the table, then you are on the menu.” One is compelled to wonder whether Sri Lanka’s
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The first Nordic presence in Greenland dates back to Erik the Red, a Norse Viking banished from Iceland for manslaughter, who sought a new future in Greenland around the end of the
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Spoiler alert – it already has. This is not a glib answer but a comment on the nature of the conflict. The US mission to wrench Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution out from its
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Since September 2025, a surge of unidentified drone incursions has swept across 10 European nations, including Denmark, Norway, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Romania, France, Belgium, Estonia, and the Netherlands, targeting airports, military bases,
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