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Joe Biden has snubbed Britain and threatened the special relationship between the US and UK by blocking Ben Wallace’s bid to become Nato secretary-general, government sources claim.

Amid prime minister Narendra Modi’s four-day state visit to the US, most of the western media was riveted on his journey from being prohibited from visiting the country for almost 10 years for “severe violations of religious freedom” to US president Joe Biden rolling out the red carpet for him…

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Ukraine’s long-awaited counter-offensive against Russian forces aimed at retaking swathes of territory captured since the war began last February appears to be ramping up, with results so far decidedly mixed.

Ten foreign journalists working with publications based in European and Western countries have given up their membership of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club (FCC) South Asia, in wake of its president S Venkat Narayan’s three-day Myanmar visit. Narayan was in the Southeast Asian country from June 6 to June 9 to…

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The open, globally connected internet is facing increasing fragmentation, leading to concerns about the emergence of a “splinternet”.

Relations between Germany’s ruling parties plunged to a new low yesterday after the liberals reneged on previously agreed climate legislation, testing the unity of the country’s coalition government.

Governments' role in the banking system is growing—a development that could inadvertently help Bitcoin.