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America is done apologizing under the Donroe Doctrine

Whether friend or foe, you’d better be prepared amid the unexpected resurgence in US foreign policy in 2026. Buddhism’s three core characteristics – permanence, suffering, and non-self – are finding echoes in Trump 2.0’s America First policy: alliances are treated as

China invited to join Trump's 'Board of Peace'

BEIJING, Jan 20 - China on Tuesday confirmed that it had been asked to join U.S. President Donald Trump's \"Board of Peace,\" an invitation that Washington had extended to dozens of countries in his bid to launch a global initiative aimed at resolving conflicts.

Why China’s AI models will have greater global appeal

While most American artificial intelligence (AI) firms focus on building ever-larger, proprietary models locked in corporate clouds, China is executing an altogether different plan. Its ambition is not merely to create intelligent machines, but to weave intelligence into the

ALMA reveals teenage years of new worlds

Astronomers have, for the first time, captured a detailed snapshot of planetary systems in an era long shrouded in mystery. The ALMA survey to Resolve exoKuiper belt Substructures (ARKS), using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), has produced the sharpest

EU and Mercosur sign historic and ambitious partnership

The European Union and Mercosur have signed a Partnership Agreement (EMPA) and an Interim Trade Agreement (iTA), representing a historic milestone between the two regions, and an ambitious platform for strengthening their economic, diplomatic and geopolitical relations. The

MEPs declare: 'Greenland is not for sale'

MEPs have reacted with fury to President Donald Trump´s recent threats to impose sweeping tariffs on Europeans over Greenland. Their response comes just ahead of a debate on the heated issue due to be held at the EU parliament plenary later this week. Speaking on the eve of