Gardiner Harris, a former pharmaceutical industry reporter for The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, has accused Johnson & Johnson (J&J) of a pattern of misconduct spanning decades, arguing that
For more than a decade, the CIA secretly waged an unconventional war on Afghanistan’s opium trade, using a highly classified program to airdrop billions of specially bred poppy seeds over fields in
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi Bangladesh is on edge as the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) prepares to announce today, on Thursday, November 13, the date of its verdict in the case
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi The Union Cabinet on Wednesday strongly condemned the terrorist explosion near Delhi’s historic Red Fort, calling it a “dastardly and cowardly act” that claimed at least
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China has cultivated its monopolistic grip on rare earth minerals and permanent magnets over many decades. In 2010, when China first restricted the flow of rare earths to Japan as an act
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Indian National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval recently declared ‘poor governance’ led to uprisings that resulted in change of governments in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Sri Lanka over the past three-and-a-half years. Doval
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A puzzling setback has hit the Indian Army’s long-awaited Apache Guardian delivery after the Antonov Airlines An-124 cargo plane carrying three AH-64E attack helicopters abruptly returned to the United States—with all helicopters
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Iran is boasting that it now possesses more missiles than it did during the bloody 12-Day War with Israel, a claim that has rattled defense analysts and reignited concerns over a renewed
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by Durga Charles Ferguson’s Presidential Seclusion presents itself as a history of Camp David, but in truth it is a far more unsettling mirror held up to American power itself—its contradictions, its
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China has introduced a new visa aimed at attracting young foreign researchers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) by allowing them to relocate without first securing a job, Nature reports. Previously,
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Venezuela is preparing for a possible U.S. attack by deploying weapons, including decades-old Russian-made equipment, and planning guerrilla-style resistance operations or street-level chaos, sources and planning documents reviewed by Reuters indicate. The
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China is ramping up efforts to control local government debt by making it more difficult for certain state-owned enterprises (SOEs) to borrow funds overseas. According to people familiar with the matter, the
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The International Monetary Fund has cautioned that countries swapping dollar-denominated loans from China into yuan may face significant currency risks, even as they aim to lower borrowing costs. In a statement responding
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In a dramatic conclusion to one of the largest financial fraud cases in recent history, the Metropolitan Police have announced the capture and conviction of Qian Zhimin, a 47-year-old Chinese national dubbed
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The UK government has rejected a European Commission request for up to €6.75 billion ($7.8 billion) to participate in its flagship defense initiative, a decision that could strain post-Brexit relations under Prime
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The U.S. Senate on Monday approved a long-awaited compromise to end the longest government shutdown in American history, bringing relief after weeks of disruption that left hundreds of thousands of federal workers
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