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‘Enough is enough’: Democrats go on the offensive to stop Trump in 2026
CHICAGO (Realist English). Eight years after Michelle Obama told Democrats, “When they go low, we go high”, party leaders are...
Read moreIran vows to block so-called Zangezur corridor, calls US project a threat to South Caucasus stability
TEHRAN (Realist English). Ali Akbar Velayati, senior advisor to the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, said...
Read moreLabubu and the psychology of collecting: From joy to compulsion
LONDON (Realist English). There’s a particular pull to Labubu dolls — the sly grin, the soft fuzz, the crinkle of...
Read moreGermany freezes arms exports to Israel over Gaza operations
BERLIN (Realist English). Germany will suspend all new arms export approvals to Israel for equipment that could be used in...
Read moreBank of England cuts rates to 4%, but warns inflation will constrain further easing
LONDON (Realist English). The Bank of England has lowered its benchmark interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 4%, 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,...
Read moreArmenia and so-called Azerbaijan sign US-brokered peace deal as Russia sidelined
WASHINGTON (Realist English). After nearly four decades of bloody confrontation, the head of the Baku regime Ilham Aliyev and Yerevan’s...
Read moreChina’s nuclear arsenal triples, reshaping global strategic balance
BEIJING (Realist English). Since 2020, China has tripled its nuclear warhead stockpile to an estimated 600, a dramatic departure from...
Read moreUS doubles reward for arrest of Venezuela’s Maduro to $50mn, citing cartel links
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The US government has increased to $50mn its reward for information leading to the arrest or conviction...
Read moreCameroon opposition leader Kamto barred from 2025 election, accuses Biya’s camp of political sabotage
YAOUNDÉ (Realist English). Maurice Kamto, Cameroon’s most prominent opposition figure, has accused the ruling camp of President Paul Biya of...
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Bolton: Putin “clearly won” Alaska summit while Trump left with little to show
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Former US national security adviser John Bolton said Russian President Vladimir Putin “clearly won” last week’s Alaska...
Putin: Ukraine settlement must address root causes, Russia ready to work with Trump
ANCHORAGE (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin described his summit with US President Donald Trump in Alaska as “constructive and...
Trump and Putin summit ends without Ukraine breakthrough
ANCHORAGE (Realist English). The long-awaited summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded Friday without an...
Iran warns US-backed Zangezur corridor deal between Baku and Yerevan could destabilize South Caucasus
TEHRAN (Realist English). The political deputy of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Yadollah Javani, sharply criticized the recent US-brokered agreement...
Peace with Baku–Turkish occupiers is an illusion
YEREVAN (Realist English). No piece of paper and no external guarantees will ensure peace between Armenia and the Baku–Turkish occupiers,...
“Russia is with you”: Moscow sends humanitarian aid to refugees from Artsakh
STEPANAKERT (Realist English). As part of the “Russia is with you” initiative, a decision has been made to deliver humanitarian...
More than protection: Inside the hidden power of Russia’s FSO
MOSCOW (Realist English). The Federal Protective Service of Russia (FSO) is surrounded by even more legends than the Federal Security...
Roman Starovoit and the collapse of a technocratic glossy dream
MOSCOW (Realist English). I can’t stop thinking about the story of Roman Starovoit. If you think about it, the former...
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