The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov came out of a meeting in New York in the weekend with the US S secretary of State Marco Rubio showing a thumbs-up sign as he
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by Our Economic Affairs Editor The Bank for International Settlements (BIS), a name that to the uninitiated might sound benign, bureaucratic, and perhaps faintly dull, has long been cloaked in a veil
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Editor’s note: This is an edited extract from Mark Curtis’ book Web of Deceit: Britain’s Real Role in the World. British declassified files show how Harold Wilson’s Labour government, together with the
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Scientists have warned that the accelerating capabilities of artificial intelligence (AI) and synthetic biology are amplifying the risk of bioterrorism, after researchers discovered a “striking vulnerability” in software designed to control access
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A high-stakes rivalry is quietly unfolding beneath the world’s oceans, where vast networks of subsea cables carry nearly all global internet traffic, linking billions of people, trillions in financial transactions, and critical
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China’s push into the Northern Sea Route (NSR)—the Arctic shipping lane stretching along Russia’s northern coast—has reignited debate over the safety, environmental impact, and commercial viability of the high-latitude shortcut. While the
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The Philippines’ military leadership has firmly rejected calls from some retired officers to remove President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., emphasizing the armed forces’ commitment to constitutional order and national stability. Armed Forces chief
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Russia is actively attempting to jam UK military satellites on a frequent basis, according to the head of UK Space Command, underscoring the growing risks of space-based conflict. Major General Paul Tedman
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India’s markets regulator is exploring plans to bring family offices under its supervision, reflecting the growing influence of billionaire families on the nation’s stock exchanges. The discussions, reported by Bloomberg, aim to
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Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) is in advanced discussions to acquire Aligned Data Centers, a move that could mark one of the largest deals of the year, Bloomberg reports. The acquisition, backed by
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British spy agencies had long feared a potential attack on home soil following the October 7 Hamas raid in Israel, a concern that has now intensified in the wake of Thursday’s Manchester
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Mikhail Kovalchuk, head of Russia’s Kurchatov nuclear research institute and a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, told a forum of schoolteachers in Moscow that Western nations are plotting to exterminate the
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Australia has embarked on a historic A$25 billion defence spending spree, ordering fleets of autonomous aircraft and submarines, Japanese-designed frigates, and transforming a key shipyard as part of the country’s most ambitious
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by Our Correspondent in Doha A massive leak of highly classified U.S. Department of Defense documents has been exposed on a Telegram channel reportedly run by Iranian operators, raising alarm within Washington
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Thirty years ago this week, astronomers Michel Mayor and Didier Queloz made a groundbreaking announcement: they had discovered the first planet orbiting a Sun-like star, 51 Pegasi, a discovery later published in
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