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China’s economy grew more than expected in the last three months of 2024, official data showed on Friday, as it…
Big Oil celebrates the return of Trump. Clean energy braces for trouble
Big Oil got its wish: Donald Trump is heading back to the White House, promising to turbocharge American fossil fuels…
People want to change the Constitution. What’s next?
The right and the left don’t agree on how they’d like to change the Constitution, but they do agree that…
Even world leaders receive scam calls. Just ask Thailand’s prime minister
We are all vulnerable to the rapid spread of phone scams – including, it seems, world leaders. Thailand’s prime minister…
UK’s Starmer in Kyiv for security talks with a pledge for a ‘100-year partnership’ with Ukraine
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer arrived in Ukraine’s capital on Thursday with a pledge to help guarantee the country’s security…
How the ‘Trump factor’ now looms over international affairs
From Gaza to Greenland, the disruptive force of President-elect Donald Trump is being felt across the world, his incoming administration…
Pope Francis injures arm after falling at the Vatican
Pope Francis has fallen over and injured his right arm but did not suffer any broken bones, the Vatican says.…
South Korean court rejects petition to release impeached president detained over martial law
Lawyers for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol failed in their court effort to secure his release on Thursday,…
British PM caps a week of frenzied diplomacy, as Ukraine’s European allies try to strengthen its hand
The British prime minister’s visit to Kyiv, his first since taking office in July, caps a week of hurried diplomatic…
Djimon Hounsou on battling ‘systemic racism,’ and reconnecting Black people to their African roots
Having grown up in the west African country of Benin, when two-time Oscar-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou immigrated to the US in 1990…