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Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for 120,000 Cameroonians: Africa becomes a bastion of Catholicism
DOUALA (Realist English). Pope Leo XIV has celebrated the largest Mass of his African tour — more than 100,000 people gathered...
Read moreRecord $695 billion: Russian billionaires’ wealth hits all-time high
MOSCOW (Realist English). While global markets are in turmoil and Germany's economy slides into stagnation due to the war with Iran,...
Read moreTikTok entertains teens but harms sleep, while Snapchat strengthens friendships — Pew Research Center
NEW YORK (Realist English). For the first time, the Pew Research Center conducted a detailed comparison of how teens use three...
Read moreIsrael and the world remember Holocaust victims
JERUSALEM (Realist English). In 2026, Israel commemorates the victims of the Holocaust in April, linking Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) to...
Read morePreparation for the Third Temple is in full swing, but the time to build has not yet come — Avigdor Eskin
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Israeli public figure and publicist Avigdor Eskin stated in an interview with Realist English that modern wars —...
Read moreChrist is Risen! Orthodox Christians in Russia and beyond celebrate Easter
MOSCOW (Realist English). On the night of April 12, Orthodox Christians in Russia and around the world celebrated the main holiday...
Read moreInequality on opposite sides of the border: in Israel 880 thousand children live in poverty, while in Iran sanctions have destroyed the middle class
TEL AVIV / TEHRAN (Realist English). While Israel and Iran are in a state of military confrontation, the social systems of...
Read moreDay of Great Sorrow: Orthodox Christians mark Good Friday
MOSCOW (Realist English). Today, April 10, 2026, Orthodox Christians enter the most tragic day of the church calendar — Great, or...
Read more83% of Russians consider themselves believers: share of atheists fell from 70% to 5%, share of Orthodox among youth grew from 25% to 45%
MOSCOW (Realist English). Religiosity in Russia continues to grow at record rates. According to a VTsIOM poll conducted in 2025 among...
Read moreIsraeli rabbi sparks outrage after condemning court over Western Wall restriction
JERUSALEM (Realist English). Former Sephardi Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef has sharply criticised Israel’s High Court of Justice after it upheld...
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Sheaito Moussallam: Iran is the main obstacle to Greater Israel
BEIRUT (Realist English). The Middle East today is an echo of exploding bombs, diplomatic dead ends, and dozens of contradictory interpretations...
‘Capitalism is facing a crisis of legitimacy’: Larry Fink on inequality, AI and the evolution of markets
NEW YORK (Realist English). Larry Fink, founder and CEO of BlackRock, the world's largest investment company with $14 trillion in assets...
Maria Nikiforova: Young people of the liberated territories are waiting for peace and justice
MOSCOW (Realist English). Maria Nikiforova, an expert on youth policy at the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian...
155 billionaires vs. 150 million people: Zyuganov on the social catastrophe in Russia
MOSCOW (Realist English). Chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation Gennady Zyuganov presented the pre-election program "Victory...
UAE boosts production bypassing OPEC, but oil prices rise
MOSCOW (Realist English). Leading researcher at IMEMO RAS, Candidate of Historical Sciences Stanislav Ivanov has analysed for Realist English the possible consequences of...
Kurdish Genocide: From the Ottoman Empire to Erdoğan — a Chronicle of a Century of Terror
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Crimes against the Kurdish people have not been isolated episodes but have been carried out by successive Turkish...
Will Trump and Xi Agree on a New World Order?
BEIJING (Realist English). Relations between the United States and China in May 2026 can best be described as an “armed...
Pentagon withdraws troops from Germany: minus 5,000 soldiers in Europe and cancellation of a missile battalion
BERLIN (Realist English). On 2 May, the Pentagon officially announced the withdrawal of 5,000 US troops from Germany over the next...
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