Women hit the political glass ceiling at China’s Communist Party Congress
Sun’s departure will leave a void in the party’s upper echelons Sun Chunlan, China’s “Iron Lady” and the only woman
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The Barelvi Transnational Terrorist Network: A New and Dynamic Threat Reaches Europe
by Giovanni Giacalone The peak of jihadist violence coming from Barelvi circles cannot fail to cause concern as the phenomenon
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No, these photos don’t prove that Zelensky is filming his videos in front of a green screen
France24 Pro-Russian accounts tell a different story about these videos – they say that the Ukrainian president is filming them in
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Lebanese turn to solar energy amid collapse of national power grid
France24 The finances of many Lebanese households are hurting, forcing them once again to seek alternatives, and many are turning
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One month after Mahsa Amini’s arrest, Iran protest deaths top 100
AFP Activists in Tehran have called for protesters to turn out “in solidarity with the people of Sanandaj and the
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Japan reopens to tourists as authorities lift Covid travel restrictions
Spending from overseas visitors will reach only 2.1 trillion yen by 2023 and won’t exceed pre-COVID levels until 2025 Reuters
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Why semiconductors are central to world economy, geopolitics
But semiconductors only came to dominate the headlines in early 2021. The Chinese Communist Party Congress opens in Beijing on
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Spectre of ‘tactical’ nuclear attack risks normalising weapons of mass destruction
But tactical weapons are still seen as a last resort on the battlefield – for a military facing a threat
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France lambasts Iran after spying ‘confession’ aired
Reuters Iran’s state media often air purported confessions by suspects in politically charged cases. France lashed out at Iran for
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Iranian police deploy at universities as unrest over Mahsa Amini’s death churns on
Reuters Authorities have reported numerous deaths among the security forces, accusing foreign adversaries including the United States of meddling to
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