Since 2023, six of the eight Ivy League universities have seen presidential turnover—three of them under duress. Columbia, ...

To induce a Taiwanese surrender, China would not only have to besiege Taiwan, but to convince its people that resistance was ...

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Disputes continue over how many rare and critical minerals Ukraine can truly offer. But as a political gesture, the ...

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Mr Merz’s prosperous upbringing in the Sauerland, a well-to-do, rural Catholic region in Germany’s west, and his early career ...

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