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Dubai Police issue warning over dangerous ‘burning evil dolls’ social media challenge
DUBAI (Realist English). Dubai Police have issued a public warning about a disturbing new social media trend known as the...
Read moreThousands rally across the U.S. in “No Kings” protests against Trump’s rule
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Tens of thousands of Americans took to the streets across the United States on Saturday to protest...
Read morePope Leo XIV calls for moral renewal and global unity to end hunger at FAO anniversary in Rome
ROME (Realist English). Pope Leo XIV visited the headquarters of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in Rome on...
Read moreJoel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt awarded Nobel Prize in Economics for theory of creative destruction
STOCKHOLM (Realist English). The 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics has been awarded to Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion, and Peter Howitt...
Read moreChina detains dozens of pastors from major underground church in largest Christian crackdown since 2018
BEIJING (Realist English). — Police in China detained dozens of pastors and leaders from one of the country’s largest underground...
Read moreThe man with 4,000 Monopoly sets: how one collector turned a hobby into four world records
LONDON (Realist English). The first Monopoly set he ever bought was the one everyone knew — the classic edition with...
Read moreItaly’s ruling party proposes nationwide ban on Islamic face veils and tighter controls on mosque funding
ROME (Realist English). Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s ruling party has introduced a draft law that would ban face coverings...
Read moreWHO warns of ‘new wave of nicotine addiction’ as 15 million children use e-cigarettes
GENEVA (Realist English). The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that the rapid spread of e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches is...
Read moreYouTube creators are reshaping Hollywood’s landscape from Burbank
BURBANK (Realist English). Inside a white house on a quiet street in this Los Angeles suburb, YouTuber Michelle Khare studies...
Read moreSarah Mullally appointed as first female Archbishop of Canterbury
CANTERBURY (Realist English). The Church of England has appointed Sarah Mullally as the next Archbishop of Canterbury — the first...
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Japan weighs expanding defense budget to include space and infrastructure projects
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan is considering a significant expansion of what qualifies as defense-related spending, potentially counting space, infrastructure, and...
Putin convenes Security Council over Trump’s call to resume U.S. nuclear testing
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin chaired an emergency meeting of the Security Council on Friday to discuss Washington’s...
Putin appoints Vitaly Korolyov as acting governor of Tver region
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin has appointed Vitaly Korolyov as acting governor of the Tver region, according to...
OPEC+ halts planned output hikes amid fears of oil glut in early 2026
VIENNA (Realist English). The OPEC+ alliance has decided to pause its oil production increases in the first quarter of 2026,...
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...
Putin, Trump and Zelensky: is a trilateral meeting necessary?
MOSCOW (Realist English). Although more than a week has passed since the meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S....
Russia’s elite: from Soviet nomenklatura to state corporations
MOSCOW (Realist English). The specificity of the Russian elite is defined by the nature of its origins: it grew out...
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