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by Our Correspondent in Doha In a major diplomatic breakthrough, incoming U.S. President Donald Trump has confirmed a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, brokered with the assistance of Qatar and Egypt.
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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake held high-level talks in Beijing on Wednesday, signaling a new phase of bilateral cooperation between the two nations. The meeting marks
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At the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping, Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has embarked on a state visit to China. On the morning of January 15, the President visited the
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by Our Special Correspondent in Nairobi Africa’s mission to reclaim its mining independence is a momentous, albeit fraught, endeavour, driven by a legacy of systemic exploitation that spans centuries. The winds of
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The Indian rupee fell to a historic low on Tuesday, driven by intense demand for the U.S. dollar, as positions matured in the non-deliverable forwards (NDF) market. Despite the sharp depreciation, the
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Back in 2021, I wrote a blog post for American Purpose on “Silvio Berlusconi and the Decline of Western Civilization.” In it I argued that when historians 50 or 100 years from now investigate
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In 2023, US and EU companies paid approximately $3.5 billion in taxes on profits in Russia, bolstering the Kremlin’s finances despite international calls for businesses to exit following Moscow’s 2022 invasion of
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Recently declassified MI5 files have unveiled how British officials worked to maintain the UK-US “special relationship” during the Cold War by appeasing J. Edgar Hoover, the FBI’s long-serving director. As reported by
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China’s space station is set to conduct over 1,000 research projects in the next 10 to 15 years, marking a significant step in the country’s ambitious space exploration program. The announcement from
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At least 100 men have died in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa after being trapped underground for months, according to a group representing the miners. The miners had been working
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