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Oct 27 2020
News
US-India 2+2: Crucial defence deal signed
India and the US have signed a military agreement on sharing sensitive satellite data amid Delhi's tense border standoff with Beijing.
Access to such data is considered vital for hitting missiles, drones and other targets with precision.
The deal was announced after the annual "2+2" high-level talks in Delhi on Tuesday.
Experts say the strengthening of India-US ties is
BBC NewsAug 27 2021
News
In Taliban’s Afghanistan, opportunity for Al Qaeda, ISIS
As it negotiated its exit from Afghanistan, the U.S. relied, in part, on Taliban pledges to curb terrorism. The Kabul attack underscores experts’ doubts about the militants’ abilities, and intentions.
Twenty-five years ago, when the Taliban first took power in Afghanistan, the militants held a press conference to declare their opposition to terrorism and spreading radical Islam.
Christian Science MonitorSep 24 2019
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In UK Supreme Court ruling, a blow to faith in British institutions?
Brexit has become the lens through which all politics is viewed in the United Kingdom, for better or worse. And that may be threatening public confidence in the country’s democratic institutions.
When the United Kingdom’s highest court ended the suspension of Parliament by Prime Minister Boris Johnson Tuesday, its landmark ruling barely mentioned Brexit. Indeed, in a strictly judicial
Christian Science MonitorSep 18 2021
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Macron RECALLS French ambassador to the US over 'unacceptable' AUKUS submarine pact
In a stunning break with the United States' oldest ally, France has recalled its ambassador to the US after a blowup over a new pact between the US, Great Britain, and Australia.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves LeDrian announced the move to recall ambassador Philippe Etienne Friday night, saying it came in a request from French President Emmanuel Macron.
He cited the '
Daily MailJan 09 2019
Opinion
OPINION: Michael Goodwin: Refusal to budge on border wall shows Dems still hung up on 2016
After watching the dueling prime-time speeches last night, it was easy to come away with the idea that the dispute is simply over the president’s demand for wall funding and the partial government shutdown. As such, it should be easy for the president and Dems to cut a split-the-difference deal and move on to the next problem.
Michael GoodwinJul 21 2018
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Russia calls U.S. charges against alleged spy Maria Butina fabricated; demands release
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, in a phone call Saturday with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, said U.S. charges against a Russian woman as a Moscow government agent were "fabricated" and demanded her immediate release.
USA TODAYApr 15 2021
Opinion
Biden and Afghanistan – protecting country's stability more important than politics
Unlike Genghis Khan and Alexander the Great, the Soviet Union and the British Empire, the United States finds itself in a unique position that no other nation has found themselves in before when it comes to having a presence in Afghanistan: America is welcome.
Through the stabilizing efforts of the United States military, the NATO mission, and the Afghan government, we have achieved so
Guest Writer - RightDec 05 2021
Analysis
Inside the Fight to Save Mars From Inheriting Earth’s Mess
When we gaze into the vast night sky from our terrestrial home, space certainly seems like an overwhelmingly wild and desolate place: an empty plain primed for settlement. When Star Trek debuted in the ’60s and began calling space “the final frontier,” it was in the midst of a geopolitical race to the moon with the Soviet Union. “Final frontier” became synonymous with a spirit of space
Daily BeastApr 23 2024
Headline Roundup
What Will India’s Election Mean for the World’s Largest Democracy?
India, the world’s most populous country and largest democracy, is holding elections from April 19 – June 1. The occasion has drawn particular attention to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
For Context: India’s nearly one billion voters began voting on Friday. Modi, who is expected to win reelection, has increasingly been tied to Hindu nationalism, or “Hindutva” — the idea that India
Reuters New York Times (News) Washington TimesMar 25 2021
Analysis
CNN’s Chris Cuomo Got Prioritized COVID Testing on Brother’s Orders
Earlier this month, CNN's Prime Time host Chris “Fredo” Cuomo told his viewers couldn’t talk about his brother, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo’s (D) nursing home deaths and sexual harassment scandals on ethical grounds because he’s family. But it’s difficult to see how that ban on Cuomo chatter could hold after a Wednesday bombshell report from the Albany Times-Union found Andrew had allegedly
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