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China pledges more aid to Cuba and deeper ties with Uruguay amid Washington’s focus on Latin America
BEIJING (Realist English). China has pledged expanded assistance to Cuba and deeper cooperation with Uruguay, underscoring Beijing’s efforts to solidify...
Venezuela’s real power lies beyond the presidency after Maduro’s arrest
CARACAS (Realist English). A day after U.S. special forces swept into the Venezuelan capital and detained former president Nicolas Maduro,...
Trump’s move against Maduro unlikely to shake oil markets, analysts say
NEW YORK (Realist English). The removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by the administration of US President Donald Trump is...
Russia condemns US seizure of Venezuela’s president as “armed aggression”
MOSCOW (Realist English). Russia has accused the United States of committing an “act of armed aggression against Venezuela” following reports...
Abduction of Venezuela’s president marks sharp escalation in US power projection
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Few demonstrations of state power are more stark than the nighttime seizure of a sitting president from...
US removes Venezuela’s president in unprecedented overnight operation
CARACAS (Realist English). The United States has carried out an unprecedented operation to seize Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from the...
Trump says Maduro captured after US strike on Caracas
WASHINGTON / CARACAS (Realist English). Donald Trump said the United States has captured Nicolás Maduro following what he described as...
Trump urges Maduro to step aside as Washington escalates pressure on Venezuela
FLORIDA (Realist English). US President Donald Trump said it would be “smart” for Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro to step down,...
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...
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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