Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer this week announced a partial U-turn on Labour’s controversial plan to restrict winter fuel payments—a move originally reported by The Independent UK and widely seen as a
Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer this week announced a partial U-turn on Labour’s controversial plan to restrict winter fuel payments—a move originally reported by The Independent UK and widely seen as a
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by Eric and Durga Power doesn’t always go to the competent. In fact, history suggests it rarely does. Across corporate boardrooms, government offices, and media empires, we repeatedly see a disturbing pattern:
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In a candid interview with Die Zeit, and as reported by The Times UK, von der Leyen, 66, said, “The West as we knew it no longer exists,” citing erratic American trade
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Former Sri Lankan Minister and current Member of Parliament, Namal Rajapaksa, has raised concerns regarding the operations of USAID (United States Agency for International Development) in Sri Lanka. Rajapaksa’s statement highlighted allegations
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Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) chief and former President Mohamed Nasheed has categorically dismissed claims made in a recent Washington Post report alleging Indian involvement in a plot to impeach current Maldives President
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The BRICS Business Council has announced plans to establish a logistics hub in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), a decision that could significantly reshape global trade dynamics among its member nations and
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The US president in waiting has set his sights on the Panama Canal, triggering a backlash from Panama City, and leaving observers scrambling to study whether Washington could actually seize the strategic
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Sri Lankan President Anura Dissanayake expressed interest in joining BRICS in a letter sent to Russian President Vladimir Putin in October, and the country expects a positive response in 2025 to join
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By end of November, the situation in Syria was dire. Government forces were on the brink of exhaustion, stretched thin by an economic crisis that spiraled out of control. Soldiers earned a
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Iran and Russia are the two big losers in the ouster of Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday by the Sunni Islamist groups affiliated to al-Qaeda. Assad fled in the nick of
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In the last few years, there has been a spate of military coups in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, Sudan and Guinea. Military rule, long dormant in African politics, is back. Coup leaders have suppressed protest, gagged the
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News reports tying China to Brazil are fairly rare from a military perspective. Generally speaking, Brazil holds no great interest for China other than run-of-the-mill resource acquisition and U.S. irritation. So the
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Editor’s Note: In a recent interview with Gita Wirjawan, Kishore Mahbubani, the renowned Singaporean diplomat and scholar, shared profound insights into the shifting global power dynamics. With a distinguished career that includes
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