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The UN-organized Ocean Protection Conference will be held from 9 – 13 June 2025, co-hosted by France and Costa Rica. In the annals of international environmental diplomacy, the grand theatre of global
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In a bid to ease mounting tensions with Brussels and stabilize global supply chains, Beijing has agreed to expedite approvals for rare earth export licences for certain European companies, China’s commerce ministry
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Microsoft will begin ranking artificial intelligence models by safety performance, a move aimed at reassuring customers and helping them navigate an increasingly crowded AI marketplace, the company announced this week. The new
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At this week’s OECD ministerial summit in Paris, world trade leaders confronted a sobering reality: the United States, under President Donald Trump’s second term, is doubling down on a unilateral trade strategy,
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Cuba is once again facing a severe, multi-faceted crisis, not due to the hurricanes that pummel through the Caribbean every year, but from the relentless and suffocating pressure exerted by its powerful neighbour to the
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A young woman believed to be the daughter of Russian President Vladimir Putin has ignited a storm of controversy in the Paris art world, after it emerged she was working at a
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Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup xAI is racing to secure a $5 billion debt financing package — but an escalating public spat with former U.S. President Donald Trump is injecting fresh uncertainty
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As World Oceans Day approaches on June 8, the Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), Arsenio Dominguez, is urging the global community to intensify its commitment to protecting the ocean. With
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For around 16 years, the country had been unable to host a national exposition of the Sacred Tooth Relic. Even when Ranil Wickremesinghe served as President and attempted to organise one, those
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In a revealing interview with the Financial Times, Rafael Grossi, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), offered a rare and personal insight into the escalating global nuclear risks—from Iran’s growing
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Within minutes of opening its doors, a farm produce co-operative in the seaside town of Atami, south-west of Tokyo, had sold out of its government-subsidised rice. The queue had begun hours earlier,
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The Swiss government has unveiled sweeping financial reforms that could force UBS to boost its capital by up to $18bn — a proposal the bank previously slammed as “extreme” and “excessive.” The
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