To bring an end to the dollar hegemony one doesn’t need one common competing currency, but a number of national ones, according to former Ronald Reagan official and renowned American economist Dr
The confrontation between the Vatican and the White House has entered unusually direct political territory, as Pope Leo XIV openly declares he has “no fear of the Trump administration” while escalating criticism
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Sixty-five years after the failed Bay of Pigs invasion, newly declassified documents have shed stark new light on one of the most consequential intelligence failures of the Cold War, revealing how close
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The United States has moved to the verge of becoming a net crude oil exporter for the first time since World War Two after a sharp surge in shipments fueled by global
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The conventional wisdom was that a destabilizing war in the oil-producing heart of the Middle East would badly hurt China, the world’s leading oil importer, and its sputtering economy. It hasn’t worked
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China has launched its largest artificial intelligence computing cluster dedicated to scientific research, marking a significant leap in its push for technological self-reliance. The system, which entered full operation on Tuesday, has
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The King is set to confront growing “challenges” in the US–UK relationship during a closely managed state visit to Washington, in which he will meet President Donald Trump for private talks inside
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The ambitious and promising-looking talks between the US and Iran, especially those in Pakistan, were billed as the “Islamabad talks” or an “accord” that had not even lasted for twenty-four hours, leading
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The War of the World It is spring 2026. Since February 28, Iran has faced what Washington calls Operation Epic Fury and Tel Aviv Operation Roaring Lion. An American-Israeli military coalition
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The two-week ceasefire between the United States, Iran and Israel, announced by Donald Trump just hours before a self-imposed escalation deadline, has paused a 39-day conflict that had moved with unusual speed
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There is growing expectation in Tehran that the Islamabad talks with the US may open the door leading into the rose-garden. But footfalls still echo in the memory, as the US has
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