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South Korea elects opposition leader Lee Jae-myung as president, ending months of political crisis
SEOUL (Realist English). Lee Jae-myung, the leader of South Korea’s opposition Democratic Party, has been elected president in a high-stakes...
India and EU reach partial trade deal consensus, exclude dairy and rice amid political sensitivities
NEW DELHI / BRUSSELS (Realist English). India and the European Union have reached agreement on nearly half of the chapters...
Hegseth outlines U.S. Indo-Pacific vision, warns of China threat at Shangri-La Dialogue
SINGAPORE (Realist English). U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivered a forceful address at the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, setting...
India set to overtake Japan as world’s fourth-largest economy by 2025
NEW DELHI (Realist English). India is on track to surpass Japan and become the world’s fourth-largest economy in 2025, according...
South Korea sees record early voter turnout ahead of high-stakes presidential election
SEOUL (Realist English). More than 10 million South Koreans have voted in early balloting for the upcoming June 3 presidential...
Modi’s BJP and the restructuring of Indian capitalism: A historic shift in bourgeois leadership
DELHI (Realist English). Under the leadership of Narendra Modi, India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has not merely continued the...
Japan’s agriculture minister resigns over rice comment as prices soar
TOKYO (Realist English). Japanese Agriculture Minister Taku Eto resigned on Wednesday following a public backlash over remarks that he “never...
Japan drafts antitrust rules targeting Apple and Google to boost app market competition
TOKYO (Realist English). Japan’s antitrust regulator unveiled draft guidelines on Thursday for a new law designed to rein in the...
India and Pakistan agree to ceasefire following days of cross-border attacks
ISLAMABAD / NEW DELHI (Realist News Agency). India and Pakistan have agreed to an immediate ceasefire, ending one of the...
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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