For an entire generation of Americans, the sight of the Soviet Sputnik satellite passing overhead became a symbol of technological vulnerability. The first artificial satellite launched a space race that ultimately saw
US President Donald Trump has declared a national emergency over what he described as a growing “Cuba threat,” dramatically escalating pressure on the government in Havana and any country that continues to
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The United States military is fully prepared to carry out any orders President Donald Trump issues regarding Iran, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said, as a large US naval force moves toward
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The Israeli military has confirmed that about 70,000 Gazans have been killed since the start of the war on October 7, 2023, aligning for the first time with figures long reported by
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China has carried out its first mass executions of crime figures linked to the notorious Golden Triangle scam and drug networks, marking a dramatic escalation in Beijing’s long-running campaign against transnational criminal
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Part 2 Beyond governance failures, the economic picture remained deeply troubling as 2025 drew to a close. Poverty levels hovered stubbornly around twenty-five percent. It meant one in every four households faced
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On India’s 79th Independence Day, in August 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi devoted his speech to Viksit Bharat 2047 (Developed India 2047) and announced a National Manufacturing Mission. The mission, he said, must ‘reduce import
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In early January, several currency trackers briefly displayed the Iranian rial’s value as “$0.00,” unable to process the speed and scale of the depreciation, making it unexchangeable on important international trading platforms. The fallout
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Sri Lanka has unveiled a comprehensive five-year National Strategic Action Plan to Monitor and Combat Human Trafficking, signaling a renewed and strengthened commitment to eliminating trafficking in all its forms and improving
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King Charles has spoken candidly about his lifelong mission to protect the environment, declaring that he aims to improve the state of the planet “before I shuffle off this mortal coil,” Times
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The European Union, long seen as a global advocate for human rights, is under scrutiny for failing to protect minority communities within its own borders, a United Nations expert warned today. Nicolas
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Oxfam’s board of trustees has come under intense scrutiny, with a former trustee demanding their immediate resignation over failures in staff vetting processes that have reignited concerns about governance at the aid
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Xi Jinping has spent three years gutting his own military leadership. Five of the seven members of the Central Military Commission – China’s supreme military authority – have been purged since 2023,
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Britain is set to share intelligence with China for the first time in an effort to prevent Chinese engines and small boats from being used to smuggle migrants across the English Channel,
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China has issued a sharp rebuke to Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi following her recent remarks suggesting that Japan could act jointly with the United States to protect nationals in Taiwan, Global
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The United States has returned a seized oil tanker to Venezuelan authorities, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday, marking the first known instance in which the Trump administration has returned such
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