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“Unity and Peace Slogans in Valley Alone Won’t Bring Lasting Peace”: CM Khemchand
IMPHAL, Oct 7: Manipur Chief Minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh said that raising the voice for unity and peace only in…
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Supporters of Imran Khan start march on locked-down Islamabad
Pakistani authorities insist marchers calling for former PM to be released from jail will not reach the capital Hannah Ellis-Petersen…
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French police suspend use of stun grenades after high-school protester loses hand
Minister says use of grenades has been stopped ‘until we know what happened’ as protests across France continue Jon Henley…
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“We have given up headhunting; now we must stop hunting wildlife”: C. L. John
MOKOKCHUNG, Oct 6: The Department of Environment, Forests and Climate Change observed Wildlife Week 2026 at Town Hall, Mokokchung, on…
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Flávio’s surprise first-round election win highlights rapid rise of Brazil’s House of Bolsonaro
Four members of disgraced ex-president Jair Bolsonaro’s family have been elected to office, most notably his wife and son Flávio,…
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Separatists win Quebec election in test for Canada PM’s national unity strategy
Parti Québécois wins provincial election but will not be able to govern alone, as Mark Carney stresses unity in face…
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The expansion of Heathrow would be an expensive disaster for Britain and the world. Burnham needs to block it
A third runway would fly in the face of reason. If we are to prioritise human life over short-term ‘growth’, we need to use planes less, not more George Monbiot If a third runway is built at Heathrow, what will be the impact on the wealth of the nation? It will cost us somewhere between…
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The World Cannot Afford to Look Away
The Strait of Hormuz crisis is not a regional conflict. It is a civilisational emergency. EDITORIAL: Sixty-two days ago, when the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran and killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the world held its breath. Today, it is beginning to choke. The Strait of Hormuz — that narrow, twenty-one-mile passage…
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| The World Cannot Afford to Look Away The Strait of Hormuz crisis is not a regional conflict. It is a civilisational emergency. May 1, 2026 |
| Sixty-two days ago, when the United States and Israel launched strikes on Iran and killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, the world held its breath. Today, it is beginning to choke. The Strait of Hormuz — that narrow, twenty-one-mile passage through which a quarter of the world’s seaborne oil and a fifth of its liquefied natural gas once flowed freely — has been effectively closed since 28 February 2026. What began as a military confrontation in the Persian Gulf has metastasised into a global humanitarian and economic emergency of the first order. On Thursday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered a warning that every government on earth should be compelled to hear. Ship transits through the Strait have collapsed by over ninety percent. Brent crude hovers at $118 per barrel. And if disruptions continue only through midyear — not even through the end of the year — thirty-two million people will be pushed into poverty and forty-five million more will face extreme hunger. In the worst-case scenario, where severe disruptions persist through December, the Secretary-General spoke of something no living generation has witnessed on this scale: a full global recession, with inflation exceeding six percent and growth plummeting to two. His message was three sentences long, and they deserve to be repeated: “Open the Strait. Let all ships pass. Let the global economy breathe again.” READ FULL |
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