The world is on course to miss its 2030 target for ending extreme poverty, with 826 million people already affected. Experts warn that widening inequality, war, declining aid and political inaction are
China has announced a new set of export restrictions on batteries and key components, a move analysts say could have far-reaching consequences for U.S. technology and energy sectors. The measures, which take
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China said on Friday it will begin charging port fees on all U.S.-owned, operated, built, or flagged vessels starting Tuesday, in a direct countermeasure to similar U.S. fees on China-linked ships that
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The White House has warned Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer that Britain’s failure to prosecute two alleged Chinese spies risks undermining trust between London and Washington, The Times of London reported. Senior
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From the rubble of his destroyed home in Khan Yunis, 29-year-old computer technician Hamza al-Shami looked across a landscape of utter devastation. As the ceasefire began in Gaza on Friday, he rushed
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As tropical rain drenched his orange groves in Chapare, former Bolivian president Evo Morales planted a spade into the ground and stamped it hard, a symbolic gesture in the stronghold where he
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Donald Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sisi are set to chair a high-profile Gaza peace summit on Monday in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, bringing together leaders from more than 20 countries to
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Violent clashes broke out along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border on Saturday night after Taliban forces attacked multiple Pakistani military posts, escalating tensions between the two nations. The flare-up follows a Pakistani airstrike in
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I still miss the inimitable tag line, Tukde Tukde Gang, literally meaning ‘fragments’, after all these eleven tumultuous years of Indian politics. It was the political catchphrase invented by India’s ruling party, Bharatiya Janata
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by Satchi Sithanandan When María Corina Machado named onto the stage in Oslo to receive the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize, the applause sounded less like recognition of peace than of politics. Venezuela’s
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The United States will allow Qatar to build and operate an air force facility at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, marking a rare instance of a foreign nation establishing a
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An underground group of teenage hackers has gained notoriety for crippling some of the UK’s largest brands. Jaguar Land Rover was forced to close factories after a cyberattack, the Co-op faced empty
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Israeli forces have reportedly recovered a memo in an underground Hamas complex that appears to have been written by Yahya Sinwar, the slain leader of the group. According to reporting, the memo
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw a massive military parade on Friday night, showcasing what state media described as the country’s most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile to date—the Hwasong-20—in a display
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U.S. President Donald Trump reignited the trade war with China on Friday, abruptly ending a fragile truce between the world’s two largest economies by announcing sweeping new tariffs and export restrictions in
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A significant escalation in regional tensions occurred on October 9, 2025, when Pakistan conducted an airstrike in Kabul near Abdul Haq Square, targeting Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader Noor Wali Mehsud. While the
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