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
Editorial The world today is interconnected in ways unprecedented in history. Diplomacy, once confined to discreet negotiations and guarded communiqués, now finds itself exposed to the instant gratification culture of social media
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Iran has publicly asserted that its stockpile of enriched uranium remains buried beneath the rubble of nuclear facilities targeted in the June bombing campaign carried out by Israel and the United States.
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At eighty, the United Nations is bogged down by structural limitations and political divisions that render it powerless to act decisively – nowhere more clearly than in the Gaza genocide. There is
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The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has added the distorted and politicized version of Operation Sindoor, in which Pakistan has been held responsible for the Pahalgam attack. It is
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A big Cadillac limo with Jersey plates was parked down the block. Few locals in East Harlem even owned cars, let alone new ones. Curious, I asked the street kids what’s up.
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Editorial After subordinating the structures of the state and reducing to ashes the very institutions that once lent Nepal its prestige, one must ask: where shall these self-proclaimed revolutionaries now tread? The
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At the core of one of the mining sector’s most ambitious deals is a plan to revive Teck Resources Ltd.’s troubled copper operation in Chile’s Atacama Desert and merge it with Anglo
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The United States and India are reportedly close to resolving their differences over a new trade agreement, though significant tensions remain over New Delhi’s continued purchase of Russian oil, according to Sergio
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Government officials in Bangladesh demand the return of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina from India and a trial in Bangladesh. They accuse her of staying in power for years with assistance from
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The mother of Hamas hostage Matan Angrest has sharply criticized the Israeli government, accusing it of jeopardizing hostage release negotiations. In an interview with Army Radio, Anat Angrest claimed that “just as
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Deep within India’s forests, where monsoon-swollen rivers cut through unmapped terrain, a decades-long insurgency is slowly being cornered—but the human cost endures. According to reporting by The Washington Post, the Indian government’s
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When I was in graduate school, I audited a class taught by Friedrich Katz (1927–2010), one of the great historians of Mexico of his generation. During the Second World War, Katz’s father
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A team from the US Defense Department, accompanied by executives from Boeing Co., is expected to visit India next week to negotiate the sale of approximately $4 billion worth of surveillance aircraft,
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Updated: Elon Musk has once again secured his position as the world’s richest person after a brief setback on Wednesday when Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison overtook him. Ellison’s net worth skyrocketed by
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Democratic governments across the world are under strain. Sri Lanka is no exception. Global crises – wars, climate change, economic turbulence, food insecurity, and the risk of new pandemics – test the
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