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Outgoing MI6 chief Richard Moore makes farewell speech in Istanbul, sparks controversy with Russia remarks
ISTANBUL (Realist English). Istanbul — long a city associated with espionage lore — provided the stage for Sir Richard Moore’s...
Trump’s UK visit sparks speculation, satire and pageantry without the people
LONDON (Realist English). It is 2029 — at least in the fevered imagination of Trump’s admirers and detractors — and...
Trump concludes second UK state visit with farewell to King Charles and talks at Chequers
WINDSOR (Realist English). President Donald Trump bade farewell to King Charles III on Thursday at Windsor Castle, closing the ceremonial...
Musk calls for dissolution of UK parliament at far-right London rally
LONDON (Realist English). Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has urged the United Kingdom to dissolve its parliament and hold new elections,...
Barclays CEO warns UK to curb public sector pay rises and avoid new bank taxes
LONDON (Realist English). CS Venkatakrishnan, chief executive of Barclays, has urged the UK government to limit wage increases for public...
OpenAI and Nvidia to unveil UK data centre investment during Trump’s state visit
LONDON (Realist English). Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, and Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, are expected to announce a major...
UK debt crisis fuels cabinet shake-up: Rayner out, Lammy promoted
LONDON (Realist English). Britain’s Deputy Prime Minister and Labour Party deputy leader Angela Rayner has been forced from office amid...
UK secures record £10bn frigate deal with Norway amid rising Arctic tensions
LONDON (Realist English). The United Kingdom has clinched its largest-ever warship export contract, winning a £10bn deal to supply Norway...
Nigel Farage and Robert Jenrick to meet JD Vance during UK visit, but no meeting with Tory leader Kemi Badenoch
LONDON (Realist English). Reform UK leader Nigel Farage and senior Conservative Robert Jenrick will meet US Vice-President JD Vance during...
Vance says Iran nuclear talks collapsed before launch of Operation Epic Fury
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Vice President JD Vance said Monday that negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program broke down after...
Saudi Arabia urges Gulf restraint after US-Israeli strikes on Iran
RIYADH (Realist English). Senior Saudi officials have expressed frustration over the scale and timing of US and Israeli strikes on...
Trump signals possible four-week military campaign in Iran
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump indicated on Sunday that the United States anticipates a military campaign in Iran could...
Oil surges more than 8% as US-Iran conflict fuels supply fears
NEW YORK (Realist English). Crude oil prices jumped more than 8% on Sunday evening as investors reacted to the escalating...
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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