Tag: Global
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Faberge’s Winter Egg breaks auction records
The masterfully designed Easter egg was a gift from Czar Nicholas II to his mother in 1913. The auction house said the egg is one of the “rarest items…
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Has Hong Kong fire triggered ‘national security’ crackdown?
Hong Kong residents say they are furious over regulatory lapses following the deadly blaze at the Wang Fuk Court complex. However, their options to pr…
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Honduran ex-president pardoned by Trump, leaves prison
Trump said Juan Orlando Hernandez’s drug trafficking sentence was a “Biden administration set-up.” The controversial pardon comes as the US threatens …
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Europeans don’t have much say in US-run Ukraine peace talks
The EU and Britain are trying to protect Ukraine’s interests, and their own, as the US leads negotiations to end Moscow’s Ukraine war. But Washington …
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How German parties are driven by their youth wings
The youth organizations of Germany’s leading political parties are growing more self-confident — and with tight majorities in the Bundestag, that coul…
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Are US-Asia deep-sea cables vulnerable to sabotage?
Japan, South Korea, and the island of Taiwan are connected to the US with large data cables running across the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. But tensio…