Editorial We are celebrating International Women’s Day today, a day that once symbolised courage, resilience, and genuine progress. Yet, while the world applauds hollow gestures and performative activism, the harsh reality remains
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi The Global Terrorism Index 2025 exposes a troubling yet familiar pattern in South Asia: terrorism is not merely a security challenge but a tool of manipulation,
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In a case described as something out of a spy novel, a group of Bulgarian agents operating on behalf of Russian intelligence has been convicted of espionage in Britain. The high-profile trial
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The Trump administration is in exploratory talks with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over a potential mineral deal that could grant U.S. companies access to the country’s vast reserves of critical
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Apple has confirmed a delay in rolling out new artificial intelligence features for its Siri voice assistant, potentially setting back its efforts to compete with AI advancements from rivals such as Google
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Tensions between PwC and Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund, the Public Investment Fund (PIF), escalated last year over the Big Four firm’s plans to hire a senior executive from Neom, one of
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In a shift that is reshaping both higher education and retirement living, university-based retirement communities are becoming increasingly popular across the United States. These communities offer retirees an intellectually stimulating and socially
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Professor Parkinson was so right. In the 1950s, a mild-mannered British naval historian named Cyril Northcote Parkinson stuck a devastating blow against bureaucracy. His crucial analysis is even truer today than when The
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More than three years after the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, women in the country continue to grapple with increasing restrictions that have severely limited their rights and freedoms. With education, work,
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If the US and Russia want a deal on Ukraine, Zelensky will need to cooperate. That is far from certain. The result could be that President Trump will not be able to
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A trove of leaked documents has unveiled a covert operation exposing the Turkish defence industry’s deep involvement in Sudan’s brutal civil war, revealing how weapons manufactured by Turkey’s largest arms firm, Baykar,
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China has long been a hub for global scientific research, attracting foreign scholars with promising funding opportunities and cutting-edge facilities. However, in recent years, evolving security laws and pandemic restrictions have posed
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Microsoft’s claim to have created the first ‘topological qubits’—a milestone in quantum computing—has come under renewed scrutiny. A recent analysis questions the validity of the test Microsoft uses to detect Majorana quasiparticles,
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