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Iran Is Pressing Its Strategic Advantage

TORONTO—The United States has unprecedented power to conduct military strikes anywhere around the world, to impose damaging tariffs and sanctions, and to mete out punishment far beyond its borders in coordination with allies. Few states have possessed so many instruments of coercion, and fewer still have been able to achieve

The Global Water Cycle Is Critical Infrastructure

As we look toward a more uncertain, insecure water future, it is incumbent on governments and financial institutions to ensure

AI’s Shadow Global Governance

WASHINGTON, DC—In The Three-Arched Bridge, the novelist Ismail Kadare tells the story of a bridge being built in medieval Arbëria (modern-day Albania,

Europe Is Losing the Energy-Security Battle to China

Europe still has time to catch up. But unless it matches its regulatory ambition with sustained investment, it will remain

Iran offers to end chokehold on Strait of Hormuz and…

Iran also wants the U.S. to end its blockade of the country as part of its proposal, said the two

American Jews’ Netanyahu Problem

Israeli officials would say that this was a defensive maneuver because the Democrats were drifting away from Israel. But this

Photojournalist Narendra Shrestha bags World Press Photo 2026 award

Among the selected works is “Nepal’s Gen Z Uprising” by Narendra Shrestha of the European Pressphoto Agency, which captures protesters

Trump dispatches Vance, Kushner to Islamabad for Iran “nuclear de-escalation”…

US President Donald Trump on Monday confirmed that a high-level American negotiating team, including Vice President JD Vance, Jared Kushner,

Tim Cook to step down as Apple CEO after 15…

Tim Cook will step down as Chief Executive Officer of Apple Inc. and take over as executive chairman of the

Humanoid robot beats human half-marathon world record in Beijing

The winner from Honor, a Chinese smartphone maker, completed the 21-kilometer (13-mile) race in 50 minutes and 26 seconds, according