Princess Astrid of Norway has died at the age of 94, the Norwegian royal household announced on Friday, 11 September. “Princess Astrid has died,” the royal household said in a brief statement,
The Financial Times recently published an article on the question of who will succeed Xi Jinping. But perhaps the real question is not one of succession, but of continuity—of how a governance
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Norwegian fuel giant Haltbakk Bunkers has reportedly refused to supply fuel to U.S. military ships and personnel stationed in Norway following the recent meeting between former President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President
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The ongoing tensions between Beijing and the Philippines over the South China Sea were a key issue at the recent Munich Conference. However, other nations also have competing claims, and China’s unilateral
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by Our Correspondent in Washington DC India has launched a diplomatic initiative to promote former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe for a top United Nations post, preferably the Presidency of the UN
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by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor The announcement of a ceasefire by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) should be heralded as a seismic moment in the modern history of resistance movements, yet beneath
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As Pope Francis remains hospitalized amid worsening health concerns, the College of Cardinals is bracing for a potential papal succession that could shape the future of the Catholic Church. With 138 cardinals
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by Paul Michael Mandelbaum’s The Titans of the Twentieth Century purports to be an incisive exploration of eight men who “made history and the history they made.” The author, with an almost
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Four years after a fiery diplomatic showdown between the U.S. and China in Alaska, Donald Trump’s return to the White House is reshaping the global order in ways that are unexpectedly favorable
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U.S. President Donald Trump has advanced another major arms sale to Israel, approving over $3 billion in munitions and military equipment despite growing controversy over his administration’s handling of foreign policy. This
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The European Union’s top diplomat, Kaja Kallas, has declared that the “free world needs a new leader” following a dramatic confrontation between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at
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