Voters’ choices in what was a record year for national elections will likely have the biggest impact on global prosperity in 2025 — most notably, the re-election of former US President Donald Trump.

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The basic principle for ending the current conflicts and preventing any future chaos in the Middle East is to avoid external ...

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The former prime minister of India, Manmohan Singh, has died at the age of 92. He was the country's first Sikh prime minister ...

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Israel struck multiple targets in Yemen it said were controlled by Houthis, the last of the Iran-backed groups still fully ...