Asia security summit begins amid US-China tensions
The Shangri-La Dialogue attracts military officers, diplomats, arms makers and security analysts from around the globe.Asia’s top security meeting has...
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Dev Shah wins US National Spelling Bee with ‘psammophile’
Dev Shah, a 14-year-old boy from Largo, Florida, won the 2023 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday, nailing the word...
‘Stop sending weapons, hold talks’ to end Russia-Ukraine war
China’s envoy Li Hui says in order to achieve peace, Kyiv’s allies must ‘stop sending weapons to the battlefield’.Ukraine’s allies...
Top official from Khan’s party arrested; ex-PM says will sue NAB
PTI president Chaudhry Parvez Elahi arrested in Lahore over corruption charges as party chief Imran Khan threatens to sue the...
What to know about Prince Harry and the phone-hacking trial
EXPLAINERHe and more than 100 other high-profile figures have brought a lawsuit against Mirror Group Newspapers.Prince Harry will become the...
A ‘Russian love affair’: Why South Africa stays ‘neutral’ on war
Cape Town, South Africa – In April, a delegation of senior officials of South Africa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC)...
Tax the wealthiest to avoid IMF, says Tunisia’s president
Tunisia’s president is looking for ways to avoid a bailout package worth nearly $2bn, as talks stall over demands to...
Palestinian toddler seriously wounded by Israeli fire
Young boy is in critical condition after being shot in occupied West Bank incident that also injured his father.A Palestinian...
Why ‘white’ supremacists are not always white
In the early hours that followed yet another mass shooting in the United States – this time targeting an outlet...
A post-pandemic homage to Catalonia
Twenty years ago, in 2003, I left the United States with no particular agenda aside from leaving the United States...