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After years of delay over nuclear safeguard concerns, India has locked in access to Australia's uranium — the world's largest known reserve base. The Administrative Arrangement, finalised during PM…
A new human rights report has put hard numbers to Bangladesh's garment sector crisis: over 20,000 workers laid off in six months,…
A burnt Quran page mailed with a Christian man's own photograph — the VOPM calls it a textbook setup. With blasphemy cases in…
China's economy grew just 4.3% in Q2 2026 — its weakest quarterly performance in over three years — missing Beijing's own growth…
A US congressional hearing turned into an unlikely bourbon pitch — with a Kentucky lawmaker invoking American independence to…
Vivek Ramaswamy attended a hog show at a state fair on 15 July 2026, voicing strong support for US farmers and calling…
New Fed Chair Kevin Warsh faced a pointed 'Do you work for Donald Trump?' from a Democratic lawmaker and replied with a defence…
A sitting US Supreme Court justice described bringing a bulletproof vest home and having to explain it to her young son — a…
Trump publicly warned Iran that any movement at the Pickaxe Mountain nuclear site — even minor — would trigger an immediate US…
