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One in five children worldwide lived in conflict zones in 2024, Save the Children reports
LONDON (Realist English). One in every five children globally — about 520 million — lived in active conflict zones in...
Read moreJapan reports record rise in school absenteeism and bullying cases for 12th consecutive year
TOKYO (Realist English). The number of Japanese elementary and junior high school students absent for 30 days or more hit...
Read moreKamala Harris says persistence, not taking ‘no’ for an answer, shaped her career
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Former U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris says that refusing to take “no” for an answer has been...
Read moreMark Cuban urges students to master AI tools to secure future jobs
DALLAS (Realist English). Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban is urging high school and college students to use their free time to...
Read moreDubai 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...
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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,...
Hormuz crisis reshapes global tanker market as shipping routes collapse
LONDON (Realist English). The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz following the escalation of the Iran war has triggered...
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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