Leaders of the United States, Japan, Australia and India are expected to meet in Manila on Tuesday for the first summit of the four-nation Quad grouping in two years, with critical minerals,
China has sharply criticized the recent US-Vietnam trade agreement, expressing fears that President Donald Trump is using his so-called “liberation day” tariff negotiations with third countries to restrain China’s export-driven economy. The
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The US President Donald Trump’s latest Truth Social post yesterday on Iran nuclear issue reads as follows: “Tell phony Democrat Senator Chris Coons that I am not offering Iran ANYTHING, unlike Obama, who
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Sweeping cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) could result in more than 14 million additional deaths globally by 2030, reversing decades of progress in the fight against deadly diseases
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The U.S. dollar is experiencing its steepest first-half decline in over half a century, falling more than 10% in the first six months of 2025 — its worst start to the year
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For the powerful, crimes are those that others commit ~ Noam Chomsky Introduction: A Crisis of Vision in a Hyperconnected Age We are living in a paradox, at no point in history
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President Donald Trump has abruptly terminated all trade negotiations with Canada, citing the country’s imposition of a digital services tax on American technology companies as the primary reason. Trump described the tax
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As I expected last week, on Saturday evening the United States bombed Iran’s most fortified enrichment site at Fordow along with the Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities, officially becoming a co-combatant in Israel’s
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Top central bankers have delivered a blistering critique of stablecoins, declaring them unfit to function as mainstream money and warning of major risks if they are elevated to a central role in
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In a surprise move that could have sweeping geopolitical and economic consequences, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that China “can now continue to purchase oil from Iran,” apparently reversing months of sanctions
More Months before President Donald Trump began diplomatic efforts to resolve nuclear tensions with Iran, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had already set Israel on a collision course toward war with Tehran, according
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The former President and Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council Dmitry Medvedev who is one of the most authoritative voices in the Kremlin, wrote on the Telegram channel on June 23 a
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Hours after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered a direct military strike on Iran’s Fordow nuclear facility, the world stands on the edge of a dangerous precipice. This unprecedented attack, carried out in
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President Trump’s decision to launch attacks on three of Iran’s major nuclear enrichment sites took place after negotiations in Geneva collapsed. Iran’s foreign minister met with the foreign ministers of Germany, Britain,
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a stark warning today following reports of a United States military strike against Iran, describing the development as a “dangerous escalation” with potentially catastrophic consequences for the
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The United States has entered the escalating Middle East conflict, launching a series of airstrikes alongside Israeli forces targeting key Iranian nuclear and military sites. President Donald Trump confirmed the first wave
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