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The United Kingdom has secured a record £150 billion in inward investment from American companies as part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s state visit, Times UK reports. Leading the commitments, investment group
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U.S. President Donald Trump’s second state visit to Britain began on Wednesday with a historic stop at Windsor Castle, where his informal greeting of Princess Catherine caught the attention of observers, CBC
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Thirty-two years after the Oslo Accords raised hopes of a Palestinian state, the dream of two independent nations existing side by side appears more distant than ever. In the West Bank village
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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is pursuing an ambitious and risky effort to remake Southeast Asia’s largest economy, consolidating power and targeting the country’s wealthiest business elites, according to a detailed report from
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Walt Disney Co.’s ABC network has suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! indefinitely following mounting backlash over the late-night host’s comments regarding the killing of Republican activist Charlie Kirk. The suspension, announced Wednesday, comes
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Could the changes of power in Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal in 2022, 2024, and 2025 resemble the violent shift at Plassey in 1757? The relevance of this question lies in historian
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As the Assad regime’s grip on northern Syria collapsed at the end of 2024, Druze armed groups in Suwayda decided to end the uneasy status quo that had prevailed for years: a
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On 28 November 1924, Sun Yat-sen delivered a speech in Kobe, Japan titled China and Japan: Natural Friends, Unnatural Enemies. Here, he outlined his progressive vision for Pan-Asianism – a world where the ‘rule of
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China’s top internet regulator has instructed some of the country’s largest technology firms, including ByteDance and Alibaba, to stop purchasing artificial intelligence chips from U.S. semiconductor giant Nvidia, according to a report
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