In an interview with BBC Newsnight’s Paddy O’Connell, Slavoj Žižek discusses his new book, Signs from the Future, examining Donald Trump’s political legacy, the decline of the liberal international order and the
China has sanctioned two European Union banks, fulfilling its promise to retaliate after the bloc targeted Chinese lenders over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Bloomberg reports. The Ministry of Commerce said Wednesday that
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A report published today by the UN Human Rights Office calls on Sri Lanka’s Government to seize the historic opportunity to break with entrenched impunity, implement transformative reforms, and deliver long-overdue justice and accountability
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An explosive report by Real Raw News has alleged that a Ukrainian assassin was killed in Alaska just days before a planned meeting between former US President Donald Trump and Russian President
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Editor’s Note: Historian Andrew Roberts is joined by former U.S. Secretary of State and current Director of the Hoover Institution Condoleezza Rice for a deep dive into today’s international hotspots—including Russia’s invasion
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Recent months have cast a spotlight on the growing, yet fraught, relationship between artificial intelligence and the US legal system. As MIT Technology Review reports, a series of troubling incidents have revealed
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Editorial Today, the thirteenth of August, we mark the nativity of Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, a man whose silhouette looms still across the fractured cartography of the twentieth century. Born on the
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Distinguished liver cancer expert Feng Gensheng has returned to China after a 40-year scientific career in North America, stepping down from his position at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) to
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Huawei Technologies has introduced a groundbreaking software tool aimed at reducing China’s dependence on costly foreign high-bandwidth memory (HBM) chips, a critical component for powering advanced artificial intelligence (AI) applications. The new
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China has taken a significant step forward in its campaign to globalize the yuan, securing a record-breaking offshore loan deal with Australian mining giant Fortescue Metals Group. The $1.98 billion (14.2 billion
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What is behind Pakistan Army Chief’s nuclear bombast, no it is not only India but other failures at home including on the counter terrorism front. Pakistan’s Army Chief Field Marshal Asim Munir’s
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We miss the Minister who groomed us. I think it’s the same feeling shared by all young diplomats (both ladies and gentlemen) whom he recruited when he was Minister more than 20
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor The recent moves by certain Western countries to recognise the Palestinian state have drawn sharp criticism from Israeli diplomats, who describe such actions as a setback for
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Vietnam’s richest man, Pham Nhat Vuong, is recalibrating his electric vehicle startup VinFast Auto Ltd.’s strategy, turning away from its ambitious yet faltering expansion into the US and European markets to concentrate
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On August 9, 2025, a Frontier Corps (FC) soldier, Sepoy Jehangir Khan, was killed by unidentified assailants in the Mir Hazar Khanzadkhel area of Lakki Marwat District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Jehangir
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China’s coastguard said Monday it had taken “necessary measures” to expel Philippine vessels from waters near Scarborough Shoal, as Manila accused two Chinese ships of colliding during the operation, leaving one heavily
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