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At first glance, the story of Kyrgyzstan’s satellite launch seemed like a genuine achievement. Then the story changed.

Australia’s incoming political finance laws will cap donations and electioneering spending for the first time, but the limits are generous, the rules complex, and the two-year delay suspiciously convenient for the major parties. 

A diplomatic rift is growing after a North Korean prisoner transfer that Kyiv revealed against Seoul’s wishes.

No one should be getting paid by the countries they are conducting diplomacy with, especially not the president’s son-in-law.

The admiration for Leo is based on his sporting exploits; the passion for Diego is rooted in culture and identity.

For the EU, the choice is increasingly difficult: secure real concessions from Beijing to address structural trade imbalances or deploy stronger unilateral measures to protect its industrial base.

Southeast Asia’s drug labs are pumping out unprecedented amounts of meth and other synthetic drugs.

A new financial framework could put the EU in the big leagues.

What the sprawling buildout means for energy, water, and land.

How Uyghur militants were dragged into civil war.

Why disengagement is not the answer.

Scott Singer and Pavlo Zvenyhorodsky, researchers at Carnegie’s China AI Initiative, argue that China is betting that AI dominance will come from combining hardware and software, or AI-powered robots. By focusing only on software such as AI models, they argue, Washington and Silicon Valley risk falling behind.

Arrmanatha Nasir is highly qualified, but his success may hinge on whether or not he has access to President Prabowo Subianto.

Is Theint Win Htet's removal from the Treasury Department's blacklist a sign of a looming rapprochement between Washington and Naypyidaw?

Washington announced last week that it would not accept or process applications from top Indian IT companies for H-1B visas.

Recently re-elected president of the Nepali Congress, Thapa vowed to end the culture of nepotism and groupism in the party and to open it to a new generation of leaders.

Due to abundant labor, its social structure, and the inertia of an economic system, there was little incentive to initiate mechanization and the Industrial Revolution in India.

Since taking office in April, the former general has visited five ASEAN member states as he seeks normalization with the Southeast Asian bloc.

L'univers médiatique ressemble au « monde à l'envers » que décrivait l'écrivain uruguayen Eduardo Galeano. Plus les États-Unis piétinent le droit international, plus la Chine est accusée de se montrer menaçante. Ainsi du conflit en Iran, déclenché par Washington et Tel-Aviv, mais qui verrait (…) / Chine, Iran, États-Unis, Impérialisme, Géopolitique

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