The Drake Framework The grounding of aircraft across the United States on 13 November 2026 provides an important occasion to examine the vulnerability of international civil aviation through an application of Frank
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its auditor independence framework — designed to prevent conflicts between accounting firms and their clients — is outdated in an era where AI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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The U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka proudly celebrated the 250th Birthday of the United States Marine Corps at the annual Marine Corps Ball on November 15, honoring a quarter-millennium of the Corps’
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“Syrians are nasty people.” This ancient Roman graffiti was found during World War II etched on a rock in Syria by a friend’s father who was soldiering in the British Army. Not much has
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China’s exports of rare-earth products declined in October, marking the lowest monthly level since June, as Beijing and Washington work to finalize supply arrangements under their ongoing trade truce. Outbound shipments fell
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Saudi Arabia’s de facto ruler, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, is visiting the White House for talks with U.S. President Donald Trump, Reuters reports, aiming to deepen decades-long cooperation on oil and
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A small group of investment consultants has played an outsized role in steering US public pension funds toward private markets over the past two decades, according to a new study by researchers
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