Ukraine managed to wrangle some more favorable terms out of the United States before signing the long-awaited minerals deal on Wednesday. The agreement on natural resources was finally struck late on Wednesday, after weeks of tense bargaining that at times turned sour...
At the Boston Global Forum (BGF) Conference on April 22, 2025, Cameron Sabet, a member of the Enlightenment in Action Alliance (EAA), delivered a compelling address introducing the Boston Finance Accord for AI Governance 24/7, a groundbreaking framework aimed at...
The leader of Poland's conservative ruling party, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, met on Aug. 9 with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The meeting of two right-wing and nationalistic leaders raised some concerns in more liberal parts of Europe about the growing right-wing...
Japanese Emperor Akihito, in a rare televised address to the nation, talked about his ill health and cast doubts on his ability to carry out his duties as emperor much longer. He said that he wanted an orderly imperial family succession. Observers speculated...
This week's show trials of lawyers who had the courage to defend those campaigning for human rights in the increasingly tough dictatorship of Chinese President Xi Jinping may be in the short-term interest of the Chinese government, but it will hurt the regime...
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India seems about to launch the biggest economic reform since a huge deregulation program was enacted in 1991. The upper house of India's Parliament has passed a bill to streamline and unify taxes on 15 goods and services taxes across the country, which has...
China is trying to create what it calls an anti-terrorism alliance with Pakistan, Afghanistan and Tajikistan, Chinese state media said on Aug. 4. China has faced Islamic terrorism in some of its western region. China envisions a "four-country mechanism" for...