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The race for the new U.N. secretary-general, a Trump-Xi side quest, and runaway AI fears
Trump has unveiled a controversial agreement granting the U.S. "permanent control" over Greenland's security, raising questions about sovereignty and geopolitical implications in the Arctic.
This year’s high-level gathering takes place as the Guterres era approaches its end
The candidate perceived as the riskiest choice can sometimes offer the clearest path to power
Marco Rubio should not dismiss this new and highly effective form of propaganda
The Homeric scholar’s new book on translation is bitingly smart
Beijing long promoted novels about working-class travails. What happens when authors point fingers at the state?
Washington is emulating Moscow’s ways of fighting wars—and helping it in the process
Empires inevitably decline, and Putin’s project will be no exception
Polling shows that United Russia is all but certain to maintain its power
What was expected to be an easy election win resulted in a narrow victory for the left
“It’s irrefutable that the U.S. failed in its main strategic goals,” one expert said