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Marine Le Pen delivered a blistering attack on President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday, calling him a “puerile attention-seeker” and accusing his government of turning France into “the sick man of Europe.” Her
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As Russia’s President Vladimir Putin celebrated new diplomatic victories this week—strengthening ties with India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, securing a “no limits” partnership with China’s Xi Jinping, and finalizing a long-anticipated Moscow-Beijing
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India is treading carefully following US President Donald Trump’s recent remarks that appeared to ease tensions between the two nations after weeks of strained relations. Trump’s comments, which described Prime Minister Narendra
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When HSBC Holdings Plc’s departing chief executive Noel Quinn walked out of the bank’s London headquarters for the final time in September 2024, he shared a heartfelt hug with his successor, Georges
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In Dubai, fortunes are being created at an unprecedented pace as new talent and capital flow into the city’s vibrant economy. Yet, according to Bloomberg, many of the largest individual wealth gains
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In democratic countries all over the world, an impression is steadily gaining ground that politicians are the same everywhere. While politicians are supposed to frame their policies and programmes based on the
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I traveled this weekend to see the opening of a new play about Hannah Arendt at the Martha’s Vineyard Playhouse, Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library. The play is set in Berlin
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When an Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence company sought access to one of Europe’s largest data centres earlier this year, it turned to an unlikely intermediary—a former child actor turned investment banker. Zachary
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Health insurance premiums in the United States are set to see their largest rise in 15 years, intensifying concerns that American consumers are already strained by escalating living costs. The sharp increase
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Editorial There is an absurdly misplaced hysteria surrounding a recent visit by a group of Sri Lankan journalists to Israel—a hysteria fuelled by opportunistic social media posts, lazy reporting, and orchestrated outrage.
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Scotland Yard was compelled to release a Saudi national accused of providing financial and logistical support to the 9/11 hijackers after the FBI failed to share critical evidence with British authorities, The
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Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is set to resign ahead of a ruling party vote on whether to hold a leadership election, NHK reported on Sunday. The timing of his departure has
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