Saudi Arabia has shut down a critical oil pipeline after a drone attack by allies of Iran, opening a new and potentially consequential front in the Middle East war as fighting around
Over more than a thousand years, Venice transformed from a modest refuge into a dominant Mediterranean power. Despite various crises and encircling empires, the Venetian Republic avoided foreign rule, revolution, and collapse.
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Why did the US short-seller Hindenburg Research shut shop? Was it on account of real or perceived pressures and apprehensions of doom and despair? Or was it simply because the firm’s founder Nathan (Nate)
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Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested that the ongoing war in Ukraine might not have occurred had the 2020 U.S. presidential election not been “stolen” from former President Donald Trump. Speaking to a
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India’s Adani Group has firmly rejected reports suggesting the cancellation of its $440 million power purchase agreement with Sri Lanka. A spokesperson for the conglomerate labeled the reports as “false and misleading,”
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If you listen to Wall Street and corporate America, Donald Trump’s second term will usher in a new golden age for the US economy. After all, what’s not to love about the
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For decades now, there has been a clear understanding that the models of development proposed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Washington Consensus – debt, austerity, structural adjustment – simply
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It is an indisputable fact that the United States has been a global superpower for decades, thanks to its vast landmass, abundant natural resources—including crude oil and natural gas—a strong agricultural base,
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“Every nation, in every region of the world, has to take a decision: either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists.” ~ President George W. Bush, in his address
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The tourist-undiscovered jewel is Siracha in the Gulf of Thailand, 90 km southeast of Bangkok and 30 km north of Pattaya. Ascott Group’s Oakwood Hotel is your strategic compass to assimilate Siracha
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Upon taking office for his second term, President Donald Trump wasted no time in issuing a series of executive orders that could significantly alter the course of science and research in the
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Sri Lanka is in a tight spot. Joint statements issued by India and Sri Lanka on Dec, 16, last year, and China and Sri Lanka on January 16, this year, following President
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It is impossible to bottle this sensibility. All of Gaza is a ruin. Millions of Palestinians have braved the winter in makeshift tents or in ruined buildings, their children freezing (a few
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Thank goodness that our heroes in Congress and the Supreme Court have courageously acted to end the scourge of that nefarious Red Chinese conspiracy, TikTok. This evil computer program was designed to mesmerize, corrupt
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The Akademik Lomonosov, the world’s only operational floating nuclear power plant, has reached a significant milestone by generating over one billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity, according to Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom.
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Pope Francis has strongly criticized U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s proposed plans for mass deportations, calling them a “disgrace” in an interview on the Italian talk show Che Tempo Che Fa on Sunday.
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