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China opposes ‘snapback’ sanctions on Iran, urges diplomatic solution to nuclear issue
BEIJING (Realist English). China reaffirmed on Friday its commitment to a peaceful resolution of Iran’s nuclear issue, rejecting the possibility...
Read moreTrump-backed American Bitcoin eyes Asian acquisitions to build crypto reserves
HONG KONG (Realist English). American Bitcoin, a US cryptocurrency mining company backed by Donald Trump Jr and Eric Trump, is...
Read moreBlackRock seals $11bn leaseback deal for Saudi Aramco gas facilities
RIYADH (Realist English). BlackRock has agreed an $11bn deal to lease and lease back natural gas processing facilities in Saudi...
Read moreGlobal oil market faces late-2025 surplus amid weaker Asia demand, IEA warns
PARIS (Realist English). A sharp increase in global oil production, led by Saudi Arabia, will begin to collide with softening...
Read moreSaudi wealth fund cuts $8bn from value of domestic gigaprojects as costs rise and oil prices fall
RIYADH (Realist English). Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has reduced the book value of its domestic gigaproject holdings by...
Read moreFrance, Germany and UK warn of UN sanctions “snapback” on Iran without renewed nuclear talks
NEW YORK (Realist English). France, Germany and the UK have formally warned the United Nations that they are ready to...
Read moreTrump rules out tariffs on gold imports, calming global bullion markets
WASHINGTON (Realist English). US President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States would not impose tariffs on imported...
Read moreEast African Crude Oil Pipeline nears completion despite years of delays, investor exits, and mounting opposition
KAMPALA (Realist English). The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), more than a decade in the making, is entering its...
Read moreAI boom mints record number of billionaires, reshaping global wealth
SAN FRANCISCO (Realist English). The artificial intelligence surge has created dozens of new billionaires in 2025, marking one of the...
Read moreWhite House to clarify gold bar tariff policy after market upheaval
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The White House plans to issue an executive order “clarifying” US policy on tariffs for gold bars,...
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Iran war exposes global reliance on fragile energy routes
LONDON (Realist English). The war involving Iran has exposed the global economy’s dependence on vulnerable fossil fuel supply routes, intensifying...
Taiwan fears US weapons use in Iran could aid China
TAIPEI (Realist English). Taiwan has raised concerns that extensive US use of long-range cruise missiles in the war involving Iran...
Strait of Hormuz disruption sends shockwaves through global trade
LONDON (Realist English). Escalating military tensions around the Strait of Hormuz are rapidly disrupting global shipping and energy markets, as...
Iran war puts Vice President JD Vance in difficult political position
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The ongoing war with Iran has placed US Vice President JD Vance in a politically sensitive position,...
Star Wars without fiction: how space became the next battlefield
MOSCOW (Realist English). “Star Wars” stopped being science fiction long ago. Unfortunately, over ten thousand years of civilisation, humanity has...
Dadivank: The Legacy of Christ’s Apostles in Artsakh
YEREVAN (Realist English). In Artsakh, before the ethnic cleansing and forced deportation – simply put, genocide – carried out by...
An unusual phenomenon at the Church of the Holy Savior in Shushi
YEREVAN (Realist English). In the distant year 1979, as a third-year university student, I used to visit the Church of...
War with Iran seen as inevitable, Armenia warned of looming regional storm
YEREVAN (Realist English). The war with Iran is drawing ever closer. And once again, this pulls Armenia into a zone...
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