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Voters in the U.K have made one thing brutally clear: they are finished with Keir Starmer’s leadership style, his faltering government, and the promise
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The UK Says No to Starmer, Not Yet to Burnham
Voters in the U.K have made one thing brutally clear: they are finished with Keir Starmer’s leadership style, his faltering government, and the promise
China Treats Diplomacy Like a Ledger. It Won’t Add Up
There is a seductive logic to treating foreign policy like a business. Cut the deal, extract the value, move on to the next counterparty.
As El Niño Returns, an Ocean Heat Crisis Looms
The return of El Niño is no longer a distant possibility. Climate forecasts now indicate a strong likelihood that one of the planet’s most
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In the long shadow of Afghanistan’s wars, Pakistan has long stood as both refuge and pressure valve. Generations of Afghans have crossed the border
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