The passage argues that Britain is gradually erasing its historical identity by replacing recognition of figures such as Churchill, Austen, Turner and Turing with symbols of a more multicultural and politically correct
Tunisian journalists rallied near government offices on Thursday to protest mounting restrictions on the media, calling for the release of detained colleagues and vowing that increasing repression will not silence the press.
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A new report from the Center for Global Development (CGD) warns that many of the world’s wealthiest nations—including the United States and Japan—are pulling back from their roles as global development leaders.
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China’s sweeping summer exercises along its southern coast have revealed a dramatic shift in the country’s war-preparation playbook: the large-scale use of civilian ferries and cargo ships to simulate a mass amphibious
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A Chinese investment firm has purchased a block of ByteDance Ltd. shares at a valuation of $480 billion, far above recent market levels, highlighting robust investor interest in the Beijing-based tech giant.
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by Satchi When she was arrested by the Dutch, betrayed by some of her own people, Maria Sembatta, the Vanni chieftainess, reportedly looked at her captors with unbroken defiance and said, “I am
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Elon Musk is once again pushing the boundaries of technological imagination—this time by projecting that artificial intelligence computation will soon migrate beyond Earth. Speaking alongside Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Saudi officials
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A gleaming nine-story office complex dominating Wadowicka Street in southern Krakow has become an unlikely symbol of Poland’s shifting economic fortunes. The expansive glass structure—its floors covering the space of more than
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The assessment comes from the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, which released its annual report to Congress on Tuesday. The 700-page document includes an extensive chapter on Taiwan, stating that the
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Reports from major European outlets indicate that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has been steadily consolidating power at the expense of the EU’s foreign policy chief, Kaja Kallas. According to
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Singapore’s government is moving ahead with plans to designate 38 Oxley Road — the former home of founding leader Lee Kuan Yew — as a national monument, reigniting a years-long dispute over
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An oil tanker that was seized by Iranian forces in the Gulf last week has been released, and its crew is unharmed, according to a statement from the vessel’s manager, Columbia Shipmanagement.
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Myanmar’s military government has seized close to 10,000 mobile phones and related equipment used in online scam operations as part of an escalating crackdown on criminal syndicates operating near the Thai border,
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India may soon be forced into a high-stakes test of its energy strategy as tankers carrying millions of barrels of Russian oil approach its coastline just as new US sanctions come into
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Scientists have found that humanity’s love of kissing dates back far earlier than previously imagined, possibly originating with our distant ape ancestors 21 million years ago, a new study by the University
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Britain will launch a network of new munitions factories in a major effort to strengthen its warfighting readiness and revive domestic production of military explosives after nearly two decades. Defence Secretary John
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