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Looming above thick mist blanketing the sea on a winter’s afternoon, the museum encapsulates the country that paid for it: ...

Russian soldiers must also buy officers alcohol. “They have four korporativy [office parties] a week,” says Sergei, who ...

The war in the Persian Gulf disrupts energy supplies to Asia, where 80% of oil and 90% of gas from the Strait of Hormuz flows ...

Almost all of them see the war as a grave American error. China has stood aside, they say, because its leaders understand the ...

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This week Mr Trump’s net approval hit -23 percentage points among all Americans and -19 among registered voters. That is ...

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Donald Trump suspends the Jones Act to ease fuel and food shortages in Hawaii caused by Iran's closure of the Strait of ...

Xi Jinping faces a massive leadership reshuffle across China's Communist Party and state apparatus, with hundreds of ...

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I ndian refiners have long benefited from geopolitical flexibility. While much of the world shunned Russia’s oil after it ...