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Subscribe nowwith a one-month trial for only $1, then enjoy the first year at an exclusive rate of just $99. Trump-Putin disconnect, Russian strikes bode ill for Ukraine James Davis analyzes a pivotal escalation in the Ukraine conflict marked by a faltering Trump-Putin dialogue and Russiaโs largest aerial assault of the war. Kremlin sources say [โฆ] The post Europe nears a flashpoint as US-Russia ties fray appeared...
Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source:The Air India passenger plane crash in Ahmedabad killed 260 people shortly after taking off on 12 June.
Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source:BANGKOK โ Thailandโs struggle with democracy has resulted in three very different prime ministers in three days with Phumtham Wechayachai becoming the newest caretaker leader, after a court suspended former Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra for alleged โethical misconduct.โ So, who is Acting Prime Minister Phumtham (โPOOM-tomโ)? Phumtham, 72, is a veteran politician who was commerce [โฆ] The post Thai government...
Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source:Details of how it was built - in a country largely closed to the outside world - are shrouded in secrecy.
Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source:BBC visits ground zero of the April attack in Pahalgam where locals are picking up the pieces of their lives.
Published on: July 12, 2025 | Source:The BBC's Theo Leggett explains that the two switches were moved which caused the crash
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:One Aboriginal family has been fighting for nearly a decade to protect the Doongmabulla Springs.
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:The visit comes as countries around the world navigate the US president's "America First" policies.
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:Although its land area is modest โ only 1.7 square kilometers โ Clippertonโs strategic and ecological significance is anything but small.
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:Both Jakarta and Hanoi seek to preserve strategic autonomy while navigating an increasingly polarized international environment. BRICS may offer a third path.
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:In geopolitics, fortune favors the patient opportunist. Tariffs designed to isolate one partner often bind that partner more tightly to another.
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:China and Russia's growing military-technical cooperation aims to preserve strategic stability, but it could have the opposite effect.
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:Over the past few weeks, a boy dancing on the prow of a racing boat has become an internet sensation.
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:Hun Senโs family regime in Cambodia is accused of being complicit in cyber scams that use the victims of human trafficking to steal billions of dollars a year online. The response from Hun Sen is a constitutional amendment designed to allow opposition leader Sam Rainsy to be stripped of his Cambodian nationality. On June [โฆ] The post Hun Sen on cyberscam criticism: โRevoke Sam Rainsyโs citizenshipโ appeared first on...
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:Not long ago US foreign assistance, alongside European and multilateral donors, helped sustain a global ecosystem of civil society efforts to safeguard democratic oversight of public policy โ and, more recently, frontier technologies. I know this work well: I served with USAID for more than a dozen years, advancing democratic governance and building civil society [โฆ] The post Trump is killing civic participation in...
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:The decision regarding the Dalai Lamaโs reincarnation is inherently political and intricately linked with the Sino-Indian border dispute.
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:Prime Minister Anthony Albanese leaves for China on Saturday, confident most Australians back the governmentโs handling of relations with the countryโs most important economic partner and the leading strategic power in Asia. Albaneseโs domestic critics have lambasted him for meeting Chinese leader Xi Jinping before United States President Donald Trump. They are also aggrieved at [โฆ] The post In a complex world of...
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:The US militaryโs turn to containerized missile launchers reflects a push for stealthy, mobile firepower that complicates targeting and enables rapid deployment but comes with operational, legal, and political concerns โ especially regarding their use on allied soil and civilian cargo vessels. This month, The War Zone identified a prototype launcher known as the palletized [โฆ] The post US containerized missiles:...
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:Faced with soaring temperatures and faulty AC units, cabbies are adapting with customised vehicles.
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:The US president has reset the tariffs clock again, leaving Asia's export-driven economies in limbo.
Published on: July 11, 2025 | Source:Growing demand for IVF treatments is stoking some optimism in South Korea's demographic crisis.
Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source:The audacity of some senators in their public pronouncements reflects the polarizing impact of the impeachment case.
Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source:The SIA, once ratified, will enable exchanges of national security-related data and facilitate two-way defense procurements.
Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source:For six decades, the Singapore Armed Forces have safeguarded the countryโs sovereignty and security, but there are new challenges to confront.
Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source:Europe should consider the recent experience of other middle powers in dealing with the Peopleโs Republic of China.
Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source:Both governments need to more explicitly link or condition the U.S. relationship to their own global and regional political, economic and security objectives.
Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source:Russiaโs recognition of the Taliban provides much sought-after legitimacy to a regime that is enforcing the worldโs most extreme version of gender apartheid.
Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source:Recent budget legislation in the U.S. directs tens of billions toward revitalizing U.S. shipbuilding and repairing the industrial base.
Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source:A district judge described the assault on a Chinese tourist as "extremely grave".
Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source:Police arrested two women after a complaint from the mother of a girl who was put through the alleged humiliation.
Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source:At least 15 people were killed on Wednesday after part of a bridge collapsed into a river in India's Gujarat state.
Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source:As therecent struggle to pass a budget for the US governmentillustrates, yet again, the immutable reality of limited fiscal resources, itโs time to reconsider Americaโsvital national interests in the Indo-Pacificand maintain a laser-like focus on safeguarding its territories in the Pacific. The United States is a Pacific power with significant territorial reach: the states of [โฆ] The post Itโs time for a US...
Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source:Pressure is mounting for the global fashion industry to step up on climate action and substantially reduce its emissions. While a multifaceted approach is needed, the adoption of regenerative agriculture in the early stages of sourcing natural fibres such as cotton, would be a meaningful step forward. From intercropping and drip irrigation to the use [โฆ] The post Setting the pace: The future of regenerative agriculture...
Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source:As the 14th Dalai Lama celebrates his 90th birthday with thousands of Tibetan Buddhists, thereโs already tension over how the next spiritual leader will be selected. Controversially, the Chinese government has suggested it wants more power over who is chosen. Traditionally, Tibetan leaders and aides seek a young boy who is seen as the chosen [โฆ] The post For China, Dalai Lama succession also about watersupply control...
Published on: July 10, 2025 | Source:Anjani Sinha was criticised by a US senator in an exchange that has gone viral in Singapore.
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