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In January 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States concluded oral arguments in two closely watched cases — West Virginia v. B.P.J. and Hecox v. Little — with judgments expected in the coming ...

Indian and Chinese troops have clashed again. CNN-News18 reported that 300 Chinese soldiers crossed over into Indian territory at 3.00 am on December 9. Within minutes, 100-150 Indian troops rushed ...

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The US and Israel started the war in Iran without coordinated objectives. How does such a war end? Between chaos and democracy — the former with a much higher probability than the latter — myriad ...

In the recently concluded state-level elections in three northern “Hindi heartland” states, the Indian National Congress (INC), the primary national opposition party, fared poorly. The Bharatiya ...

The international concerns about Iran’s nuclear ambitions and the repression of women’s rights, especially after Mahsa Amini's death, are profound. Nuclear weapons development could worsen the ...

Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were killed in their upscale LA Brentwood home. Were they robbed? Did they owe money? Had they upset the wrong people? No, their son, 32-year-old Nick ...

Since 1983, the Hong Kong dollar (HKD) has been anchored to the US dollar (USD) via the Linked Exchange Rate System (LERS). This is a robust currency board arrangement underpinned by full reserve ...

We never welcome new media with open arms, but with suspicion or trepidation. New media changes not just how we communicate, but often how we live. Sometimes it’s the content itself, like films or ...

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As the war in Ukraine grinds toward its fourth winter, a parallel conflict is being fought not in the trenches of the Donbas, but in Brussels. The weapon of choice is neither artillery nor drones, but ...