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Near-death experiences (NDEs) are a widely reported yet poorly understood phenomenon. Though there is no agreed-upon definition of an NDE, it has been described as “profound psychological events with transcendental and mystical elements, typically
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On September 30, 2025, the United Nations mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) urged the Taliban to immediately restore Internet and telecommunications services nationwide, warning that the blackout was cutting Afghanistan off from the
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In 2010, long before Tony Blair returned to the centre of Middle East diplomacy, he attended the christening of Rupert and Wendi Deng Murdoch’s daughters in New York. Few noticed the quiet
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Japan is poised to get its second prime minister in just over a year when the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) holds a leadership election on Oct. 4, Bloomberg reports. The race
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Gold prices extended a four-day rally on Wednesday, approaching record highs, as investors weighed the risk of a potential U.S. government shutdown, which could bolster demand for haven assets. The surge has
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Taiwan has rejected a U.S. proposal to move half of America’s semiconductor production to domestic soil, highlighting persistent tensions in trade discussions between the two sides. Vice Premier Cheng Li-chiun said Wednesday
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Nine-year-old Parum Gurung is a digital wizard from Lame Ahal, Pokhara. When Nepal banned TikTok in 2024, he managed to override the ban. In October 1959, when I first walked across Nepal,
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ACS Capital, a licensed capital markets firm in Sri Lanka, has announced a strategic partnership with the Edinburgh University Trading & Investment Club (EUTIC), Scotland’s largest student-led investment fund. The collaboration is
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Hai Robotics, a global leader in intelligent warehouse automation systems, has announced the appointment of Thomas Gwee as its new Regional Head for Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), as the company accelerates
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The news of Assata Shakur’s death in Havana, Cuba, on September 26, was met with a deep sense of shared loss among revolutionaries and activists worldwide. Shortly after, at a gathering in
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In August 1971, Richard Nixon announced the suspension of the dollar’s convertibility into gold. This closed a cycle that had begun with the Bretton Woods agreements, which gave the United States —the
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Sherlock Holmes, the famous fictional detective, believed that his brother, Mycroft, could also have been a brilliant solver of crimes if he had not been so impossibly lazy. Mycroft was large and
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In recent months, a wave of commentary from across the border has painted Chittagong Port—Bangladesh’s most significant maritime hub—as a looming threat to India’s eastern frontier. This rhetoric from India surrounding Chittagong
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor “Some would have you believe that Israel is the villain in Gaza, yet the reality is that Israel has lost more lives trying to save civilians than
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