Christa Pike's survival has exposed a contradiction that capital punishment normally conceals. The state can declare a life forfeit, but when its machinery of death fails, it suddenly becomes responsible for keeping
As China seeks greater influence over the development of artificial intelligence, Beijing is confronting a strategic problem: the systems shaping the technology’s future are trained predominantly on English-language data and can reflect
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The United States has long been the world’s leading destination for ambitious scientific minds. But as China strengthens its ability to attract researchers and develop high-level scientific and technological talent, changes in
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Iran’s military has announced a $30,000 reward for any Iranian citizen who kills or captures a US serviceman, with the payment doubled if the action is carried out by a woman, according
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Myanmar’s military government has verified nearly 309,000 displaced people in camps in Bangladesh as former residents of troubled Rakhine State, but repatriation will proceed only after security conditions improve in the region,
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The terrorist threat confronting Asia is becoming more complex even as some of the world’s most prominent extremist organisations face sustained pressure, according to a new United Nations assessment. The threat level
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Itamar Ben-Gvir, Israel’s far-right national security minister, has called for the killing of “30 to 40” people in Gaza each night and advocated the re-establishment of Jewish settlements across the Palestinian enclave.
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The language of Russia’s war in Ukraine is changing, creating a vocabulary in which ordinary words and numbers have acquired stark new meanings. Terms such as “meat”, “arrival”, “zero” and “business trip”
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US President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” an annual round of joint military exercises with South Korea, arguing that the drills are costly and send an inappropriate and
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There are lies that depend on falsehood and collapse when confronted with evidence. And there are more durable contradictions: those built on principles that are true, admirable, even indispensable, but applied selectively
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At least 613 people were killed and another 375 injured in Haiti between March and July as criminal gangs fought for control and security forces carried out operations against them, according to
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Around 30 prisoners convicted of serious offences in Sweden are preparing to serve their sentences in Estonia, hundreds of kilometres from where they were tried. They will form the first group transferred
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The departure of hundreds of thousands of Cambodian workers following last year’s border conflict has exposed how heavily parts of Thailand’s economy depend on migrant labour from neighbouring countries. Industries ranging from
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Africa is emerging as an important testing ground for China’s effort to expand the international role of the yuan and reduce dependence on the US dollar. An increasing number of African financial
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirmed his commitment to strengthening ties with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a message marking the anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japan, North Korea’s state news
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On August 13, 2026, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) president and former Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal was injured in a sword/kirpan attack inside Gurdwara Mata Sahib Devan Ji Mugat near Nanded in Maharashtra.
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