by Our Correspondent in New Delhi Chinese President Xi Jinping skipped a gala dinner hosted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for BRICS leaders and other delegates attending the Summit in New Delhi
President Donald Trump on Friday signed a proclamation imposing a $100,000 annual fee on companies that sponsor foreign workers under the H-1B visa program, in what could be the most dramatic change
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Despite the diversity of government and social structures, every country today faces social and political tensions tied to concentrated and unaccountable power in the hands of national elites. The modern sociological concept
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On September 17, 2025, Prime Minister of Pakistan, Shehbaz Sharif and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman signed a “Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement” in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This pact elevates their longstanding
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In a significant bipartisan move, US lawmakers introduced the ‘Pakistan Freedom and Accountability Act’, House Resolution 5271 (H.Res. 5271) on September 15, 2025. The legislation seeks to authorize sanctions against Pakistani officials-current
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Iran is preparing to restart legal cultivation of opium poppies for the first time in more than four decades, as the country faces a growing shortage of raw materials for essential medicines,
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Tensions have recently surfaced in the U.S.-India relationship, particularly after President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on India over its oil purchases from Russia. In response, Indian officials have accused the
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U.S. President Donald Trump has advised Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer to consider using military force to stop illegal migration into Britain, warning that unchecked crossings could destroy the country “from within,”
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Former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair is reportedly moving forward with a plan to establish an international authority to govern Gaza after the end of Israeli military occupation, with backing from former
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Indian refiners have no immediate plans to reduce imports of Russian crude, even as New Delhi resumes trade negotiations with Washington and both sides push for a deal, Bloomberg reports. Purchases are
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Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across France on Thursday to protest planned austerity measures, sending a clear message to President Emmanuel Macron and his newly appointed Prime Minister
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Over recent weeks, chaos has engulfed Nepal. Public and private buildings have been set ablaze, with dozens of civilians reportedly killed. On September 9th, Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli resigned. The Western media has universally framed the
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Sri Lanka has undergone one of the sharpest and fastest episodes of austerity in history, driven by a massive retrenchment in public investment and the suppression of real wages, according to a
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One mass shooting after another, one accidental child death after another tears through this country on an almost daily basis. Once again, lawmakers hide behind “thoughts and prayers,” while clinging to an
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A peer-reviewed paper published in Nature has shed new light on how Chinese start-up DeepSeek built its headline-grabbing artificial intelligence model R1 for a fraction of the cost of its rivals. R1,
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A groundbreaking artificial intelligence model, Delphi-2M, can forecast a person’s risk of developing more than 1,000 diseases — in some cases providing predictions up to 20 years ahead. The study, published today
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