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Job anxiety drives Chinese students to choose practical majors over elite universities
HUNAN (Realist English). After falling short on China’s notoriously difficult national college entrance exam in June, Lu Jie secured a...
Thailand and Cambodia agree to ceasefire talks after Trump intervention
BANGKOK (Realist English). Thailand and Cambodia signaled readiness on Sunday to begin ceasefire negotiations following mediation by U.S. President Donald...
China shuts over 40,000 kindergartens as birth rates collapse
BEIJING (Realist English). China has closed more than 40,000 kindergartens over the past four years as a steep drop in...
Support for Japan’s PM Ishiba plunges to new low after election defeat
TOKYO (Realist English). Public support for Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s Cabinet has dropped to 22.9%, its lowest level since...
Japan’s ruling coalition loses control of upper house, dealing fresh blow to Prime Minister Ishiba
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan’s ruling coalition led by Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has lost control of the upper house, according...
Tokyo warns firms they’re ‘on their own’ in Taiwan evacuation scenario
TOKYO (Realist English). Japanese government officials have quietly told domestic companies they would be “on their own” in the event...
Elon Musk enters the Indian market — this time for real
NEW DELHI (Realist English). Elon Musk has long expressed interest in India, but until now, this interest rarely translated into...
Thaksin Shinawatra fights royal defamation charges amid political dynasty’s decline
BANGKOK (Realist English). Thaksin Shinawatra, Thailand’s ousted prime minister and longtime political heavyweight, appeared in a Bangkok court this week...
Japan calls China’s expanding military operations its ‘greatest strategic challenge’
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan’s Defense Ministry has described China’s expanding military footprint across the Indo-Pacific as the country’s most pressing...
Russia boosts gas exports to China as Europe’s loss weighs on revenues
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia is expected to increase its pipeline exports of natural gas to China by around 25% this...
Lula warns US action against Venezuela would trigger humanitarian disaster
FOZ DO IGUAÇU (Realist English). Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has warned that any armed intervention in Venezuela...
Putin says Russia has no plans for new military operations, blames West for tensions
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that Moscow is not planning any new special military operations,...
Maduro rejects Trump’s claims over Venezuelan oil and land, accuses US of colonial ambitions
CARACAS (Realist English). Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has said recent remarks by U.S. President Donald Trump about “reclaiming” Venezuelan land...
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...
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....
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