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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...
China and Japan trade protests over airspace and maritime clash near disputed islets
BEIJING (Realist English). Tensions between China and Japan escalated this weekend after a new confrontation near the disputed Diaoyu/Senkaku Islands...
Xi Jinping launches diplomatic offensive against Trump’s anti-China trade bloc
BEIJING (Realist English). As the Trump administration gives U.S. allies a 90-day window to finalize new trade deals—excluding China—Beijing has...
Russia’s Afghan failure: No allies, no leverage, no strategy
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia’s greatest weakness today may well be its lack of allies. Apart from a possible exception in...
China targets foreign consulting companies in anti-spying raids
BEIJING (Realist English). Chinese authorities are conducting targeted espionage investigations against foreign consulting companies operating in the country, The Guardian...
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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