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As Europe rethinks its security, China stakes a global claim, and the US turns unpredictable, the cinders of the post–World ...

Throughout history, decentralization and secession have helped pave the way for more individual freedom. Naturally, political ...

The Orange Institution has released the three resolutions which are to be delivered at today’s Twelfth celebrations – and which begin with the theme of “Christianity under attack”.

The EU has recorded more deaths than births annually since 2012, which means migration is the only driver of population ...

Hamas continues to hold 59 hostages in Gaza, including seven German-Israeli nationals — five of whom are believed to be alive ...

I’m not sure when I first encountered the Serenity Prayer, or when it first occurred to me to ask who wrote it. For much of ...

When Sergiy Kyslytsya returned to Kyiv in February 2025 to take on the role of first deputy foreign minister after serving as Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations, he brought with him expertise ...

The old joke is that France is a monarchy pretending to be a republic, while Britain is the other way round. It's largely ...

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said the country had “turned . . . a new page in history” as Kurdish militants began to hand over their weapons in the latest step to end a four-decade ...

Manny was giddy with excitement. He had got to dress up in a fancy costume. He had got to make interminable speeches to a mysterious bunch of old stiffs who politely laughed at his jokes. And he had ...

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