US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order directing federal agencies to reduce certain mortgage costs, including through the automatic cancellation of mortgage insurance for eligible future borrowers and a permanent
A new study published in the Journal of Public Affairs has challenged long-held assumptions about the 1962 India-China war, arguing that the conflict was driven not primarily by territorial disputes or diplomatic
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The ongoing debate over the release of Jeffrey Epstein’s files should not distract from the deeper, pervasive problem of child sexual abuse, according to human rights lawyer Eric Lewis, writing in the
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The Delaware court’s default judgment stems from Raveendran’s refusal to cooperate with discovery efforts and repeated failures to attend hearings, according to court documents reviewed by the Financial Times. Earlier this year,
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The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, created to streamline federal agencies and cut government waste, has officially ceased to exist eight months ahead of schedule, U.S. officials told Reuters. DOGE, launched
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by Our Correspondent in Washington DC A new U.S. Congress-mandated report, spanning more than 700 pages, has issued its most forceful warning yet that China is constructing a covert maritime empire stretching
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Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) is widely viewed as the father of the American hemp industry, given his role as then-Senate majority leader in pushing across the finish line the 2018 farm bill
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In the Lincolnshire countryside of England, Alex Leiserach and his wife Louise experienced a technological shock after moving from West Sussex: internet so slow that web pages seemed to load pixel by
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European and other Western leaders met on the sidelines of the G20 summit in South Africa on Saturday to coordinate their response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial peace plan for Ukraine,
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Most of the world looks on in disbelief at the now-routine murders on the high seas off Venezuela’s coast – serial killings that the newly minted War Department calls Operation Southern Spear.
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Summary: Martina Moneke examines how patriotism—once a unifying expression of national pride—has been politicized in the United States, particularly by the MAGA movement. Flags, anthems, and public celebrations increasingly signal ideological loyalty rather
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President Donald Trump’s ambitious Golden Dome missile-defense initiative is hitting severe turbulence, with the 43-day government shutdown and the absence of a formal spending plan for its first $25 billion derailing early
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The US Securities and Exchange Commission is considering whether its auditor independence framework — designed to prevent conflicts between accounting firms and their clients — is outdated in an era where AI
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The widow of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi has criticized President Donald Trump for ignoring her efforts to discuss her husband’s brutal murder with him, describing the experience as “painful,” according to an
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Zohran Mamdani, who describes himself as a “democratic socialist”, has won the New York City mayoral elections. He is a vocal critic of billionaires, ran on a plank to make the city
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Close on the heels of the first-ever joint tactical counter-terrorist exercise ‘Wolverine Path 2025,’ involving Russian and Sri Lankan troops, at the Army Training School, in Maduru Oya (25 Oct to 4
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