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Amazon returns to US bond markets with $12bn offering to fuel massive AI infrastructure build-out
NEW YORK (Realist English). Amazon is raising $12bn in its first US bond sale in three years, joining a wave...
Trump confirms plan to sell F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia despite Israeli and US security concerns
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump said Monday the United States will sell F-35 stealth fighter jets to Saudi Arabia,...
US and Switzerland reach trade agreement after months of negotiations
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The United States and Switzerland have reached a new trade agreement that will sharply reduce tariffs and...
US weighs historical parallels as calls grow for action against Maduro
WASHINGTON (Realist English). A debate in Washington over how to confront Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro is reviving comparisons with the 1989...
US Air Force seeks concepts for new $500,000 counter-air missile despite cheaper options already in service
WASHINGTON (Realist English). The US Air Force is soliciting industry proposals for a new $500,000-per-unit counter-air missile, part of an...
Trump signs bill ending record 43-day government shutdown
WASHINGTON (Realist English). President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed legislation to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history, reopening...
UK halts intelligence sharing with US over suspected unlawful Caribbean strikes
LONDON (Realist English). The United Kingdom has suspended the exchange of maritime intelligence with the United States amid concerns that...
Nancy Pelosi to retire from Congress after nearly 40 years in office
WASHINGTON (Realist English). Nancy Pelosi, the trailblazing California Democrat who became the first woman to serve as Speaker of the...
U.S. troop reduction in Romania signals shift in strategy — at the wrong time and in the wrong place
BUCHAREST (Realist English). The decision by Washington to withdraw some U.S. troops from NATO’s eastern flank, including from Romania, has...
Iran war exposes global reliance on fragile energy routes
LONDON (Realist English). The war involving Iran has exposed the global economy’s dependence on vulnerable fossil fuel supply routes, intensifying...
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,...
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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