Picture the scene: a Singapore office tower, mid-afternoon, the equatorial sun pressing down at 33°C outside, and inside, a colleague reaching under her desk for a cardigan. The air-conditioning has been cranked to somewhere near arctic. It is a small,…
On a Monday morning in Washington, President Donald Trump stood before cameras to announce the launch of a new federal programme — tax-deferred investment accounts for every American child under the age of 18. The initiative, branded as Trump Accounts,…
When the United States Supreme Court handed down a 6-3 decision on Tuesday affirming birthright citizenship for children born on American soil — including those born to parents present unlawfully or on temporary visas — President Donald Trump did not…
A diplomatic contradiction played out in public on Tuesday, with US President Donald Trump announcing imminent nuclear talks with Iran in Doha, and Tehran flatly denying any such meeting had been requested or arranged. Trump posted on Truth Social with…
Cross-Border Strikes and a City Under Siege Pakistan launched ground operations and air strikes along the Afghan border in the immediate aftermath of a significant militant assault on Karachi, with Islamabad claiming its forces killed 29 militants in coordinated precision…
Rubio Reassures Gulf Arab Partners on Iran Talks, But Concerns Over Exclusion Persist U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio concluded a three-nation Gulf tour on Thursday insisting that Washington’s partnerships with its Arab allies remain “rock solid,” even as those…
Iran’s Pezeshkian Rules Out Missile Programme in US Nuclear Deal, Calls Arsenal Essential to National Survival Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian declared on Tuesday in Islamabad that Tehran’s missile programme is entirely excluded from the recently concluded 14-point memorandum of understanding…
Strait of Hormuz in Limbo: Conflicting U.S.-Iran Signals Rattle Global Oil Markets Contradictory statements from Washington and Tehran over the status of the Strait of Hormuz are deepening uncertainty around one of the world’s most critical oil transit chokepoints, with…
India Draws a Hard Line on AI and Military Decision-Making at Geneva Talks India told United Nations member states on June 15 that decisions involving the use of force “cannot be transferred to machines”, as diplomats gathered in Geneva for…
Nature Is Not Stable — And Financial Systems Built on That Assumption Are Already Paying the Price In 2023, severe droughts in the Amazon left giant commodity barges stranded on rivers that had effectively vanished. River transport volumes fell by…
