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Big Tech pushes for 10-year AI regulation freeze in US states, sparking political rift
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Major US technology firms — including Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Meta* — are lobbying Congress to impose...
Read moreGold outshines traditional safe havens amid global instability and fiscal uncertainty
SINGAPORE (Realist English). Gold has emerged as the leading safe haven in 2025, with spot prices rising nearly 30% since...
Read moreIndia aims to build rare earth independence amid global supply crisis
NEW DELHI (Realist English). India is accelerating efforts to develop its own rare earth element (REE) industry as global concerns...
Read morePresident Tokayev meets ExxonMobil CEO to discuss Kazakhstan’s energy cooperation
ASTANA (Realist English). President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with Darren Woods, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ExxonMobil, on...
Read moreStrait of Hormuz at risk as Middle East tensions mount over potential Israeli strike on Iran
DUBAI (Realist English). Global maritime operators are on high alert amid growing fears that a military confrontation between Israel and...
Read moreSilver and platinum rally as investors seek alternatives to gold and dollar hedges
LONDON (Realist English). Investors are rapidly shifting into silver and platinum as concerns mount over the US dollar’s stability and...
Read moreUS oil output to decline in 2026, raising doubts over Trump’s energy agenda
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States will see its oil production fall next year for the first time since the...
Read moreWorld Bank slashes 2025 global growth forecast amid deepening trade tensions
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The World Bank has significantly downgraded its global economic growth forecast for 2025, warning that persistent trade...
Read moreNorway’s $1.9tn oil fund urges deep reform of EU capital markets to reverse competitiveness decline
OSLO (Realist English). Norway’s $1.9tn sovereign wealth fund is calling for sweeping reforms to European capital markets, warning that without...
Read moreChina leads global energy investment as solar PV becomes top-funded technology, IEA reports
PARIS (Realist English). Global energy investment is expected to hit an all-time high of $3.3 trillion in 2025, driven by...
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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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