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Turkey and Israel are becoming deadly rivals in Syria
Published on Apr 08, 2025 08:43 AM IST
Israeli officials have no faith in Syria’s interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, whom Mr Katz describes as “a jihadist terrorist of the al-Qaeda school.”
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Nightmare on Wall Street
Senate Republicans passed a budget-resolution bill over the weekend, setting up a showdown with Republicans in the House.
Updated on Apr 08, 2025 08:40 AM IST
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Five crazy Trump tariffs you wouldn’t believe
Before April 2nd, Saint Pierre and Miquelon was perhaps best known as the last vestige of French territory in North America.
Published on Apr 07, 2025 08:34 AM IST
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How Europe hopes to turn Ukraine into a “steel porcupine”
Ukraine was a big weapons-manufacturer during the Soviet era, but the industry largely vanished after independence in 1991.
Updated on Apr 07, 2025 08:29 AM IST
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How Donald Trump’s tariffs will probably fare in court
In 2023 the Supreme Court baulked when Joe Biden stretched statutory language to relieve $430bn in student loans.
Updated on Apr 06, 2025 06:08 PM IST
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Even Americans don’t want Trump’s barmy tariffs, writes Douglas Irwin
Not only is the magnitude of the hike unprecedented, but the tariffs will have a much more pervasive effect on the American economy than previous episodes.
Published on Apr 04, 2025 11:33 AM IST
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Lift sanctions to give Syria a chance of rebuilding
The results of our survey, a rare comprehensive public poll to be conducted in the country, paint a remarkably positive picture.
Published on Apr 03, 2025 08:24 AM IST
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Barring Marine Le Pen is a political thunderbolt for France
The ruling was unusually harsh for carrying an immediate sentence, which applies even if and while she appeals.
Published on Apr 01, 2025 10:13 AM IST
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Donald Trump’s plan for American carmaking is full of potholes
Tariffs on cars from Mexico and Canada had already been threatened and postponed in February, then again in March, so the news was no surprise.
Published on Apr 01, 2025 09:22 AM IST
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Myanmar’s earthquake piles misery on civil war
Myanmar declared a state of emergency. Buildings in Mandalay have toppled; fires have reportedly broken out; hospitals are overwhelmed.
Published on Mar 31, 2025 08:46 AM IST
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Zelensky, Trump and Putin may all have done a U-turn on elections in Ukraine
For months the Ukrainian president has faced intense pressure from abroad.
Published on Mar 31, 2025 08:43 AM IST
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Senate investigates Signal leak
The original purpose of the Intelligence Committee meeting was to release its annual global threat assessment.
Published on Mar 27, 2025 10:41 AM IST
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An unrestrained Israel is reshaping the Middle East
Israel’s 15-month assault on Gaza has battered Hamas; it can no longer mount a serious attack.
Published on Mar 27, 2025 10:37 AM IST
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Trump’s endless trade threats come at a growing cost
Since tariffs are in essence a tax on consumers, this is the sort of liberation that most corporate bosses and investors would happily do without.
Published on Mar 26, 2025 10:49 AM IST
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President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is throttling Turkey’s democracy
Some have thought Mr Erdogan an aspiring dictator ever since the 1990s, when as an Islamist he campaigned against Turkey’s secularism
Published on Mar 26, 2025 10:46 AM IST
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Turkey’s anti-democratic crackdown is damaging its economy
Behind the scenes, Turkey’s authorities are going to great lengths to shield the economy from the country’s biggest political earthquake in years.
Published on Mar 25, 2025 08:19 AM IST
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Musk Inc is under serious threat
No European supplier could come close to matching the 7,000 satellites Starlink has in low orbit
Published on Mar 25, 2025 08:17 AM IST
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President Erdogan jails his rival, and endangers Turkey’s democracy
The arrests have sparked the biggest protests Turkey has seen in over a decade.
Published on Mar 24, 2025 10:21 AM IST
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China is developing some startling new kit in its quest to seize Taiwan
China filed patents for the new barges in 2020, notes Mike Dahm, a former naval intelligence officer.
Updated on Mar 22, 2025 10:42 AM IST
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How harmful are electronic cigarettes?
Starting in 2019, America’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began to track a new inflammatory respiratory disease known as EVALI
Published on Mar 22, 2025 10:34 AM IST
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The judges Trump scorns should stand their ground
On March 15th the president publicly invoked the Alien Enemies Act, a law dating from the age of the Founding Fathers, last invoked during the second world war.
Updated on Mar 21, 2025 10:25 AM IST
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The British state has a bad case of long covid
In London relatives of the deceased threw carnations into the Thames, as a piper played a lament.
Updated on Mar 20, 2025 09:24 AM IST
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Putin woos Trump with a partial ceasefire and big geopolitical deal
Air-raid sirens rang in Kyiv and missiles and drones fell on other cities soon after the two leaders finished their call.
Updated on Mar 19, 2025 10:22 AM IST
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Binyamin Netanyahu is leading Israel into (another) crisis
Getting rid of Mr Bar and Ms Baharav-Miara has taken on new urgency for Mr Netanyahu in recent days.
Updated on Mar 18, 2025 12:33 PM IST
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America is facing a beef deficit
Since January 2020 the average price of a pound of beef mince has risen from $3.90 to $5.60, according to the Bureau of Labour Statistics
Published on Mar 17, 2025 10:22 AM IST
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Canada’s security complex has woken up to Trump’s menace
No one in Canada’s defence establishment believes that Mr Trump is preparing a land invasion.
Published on Mar 13, 2025 10:59 AM IST
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Which countries are most vulnerable to Donald Trump’s aid cuts?
Some of the cuts are the subject of legal challenges, but the broad consequences are already emerging.
Updated on Mar 12, 2025 12:18 PM IST
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DOGE is driving America’s public-health guardians mad
CDC staff are now mostly allowed to talk to external partners and grantees have access to money again, though no new contracts can be signed.
Published on Mar 11, 2025 03:37 PM IST
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The War Room newsletter: “Be quiet, small man”—diplomacy, Musk style
More broadly, Taiwan is not just a giant chip factory. It is also a large and vitally placed island
Published on Mar 11, 2025 10:59 AM IST
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America and Ukraine prepare for brutal negotiations
Ukraine has several objectives and has been shaping its strategy with France and Britain,
Published on Mar 10, 2025 12:08 PM IST
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