Tag: Eurasia
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Bangladesh has marked the first anniversary of the 2024 uprising with the release of the ‘July Declaration‘, a sweeping political document delivered by Interim Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus. The declaration, read before a public audience in Dhaka, offers a narrative of the uprising and a vision for the country’s democratic future. The uprising began in…
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On the first anniversary of the 2024 mass uprising that toppled Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s interim leader Muhammad Yunus delivered the ‘July Declaration‘, a sweeping statement of intent aimed at restructuring the country’s political framework. The speech, given on August 5, 2025, at the National Parliament’s South Plaza, marks a significant moment in the country’s…
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U.S. President Donald Trump announced Saturday that the leaders of Cambodia and Thailand have agreed to meet to negotiate a ceasefire, amid escalating clashes along their disputed border that have already caused dozens of casualties and displaced more than 150,000 civilians. Trump said he held separate phone calls with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and…
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President Trump on Tuesday unveiled a new trade framework with Japan, introducing a 15% tariff on Japanese imports and declaring the agreement a landmark achievement. “This Deal will create Hundreds of Thousands of Jobs — There has never been anything like it,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. He also affirmed that the United States “will…
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A Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashed into the campus of Milestone School and College in Dhaka’s Uttara neighborhood on Monday afternoon, killing many people, according to the Associated Press. The pilot is among the dead, though further details about the fatalities were not immediately available. Military authorities stated that the Chinese-made F-7 BGI jet…
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In a move that could redefine sustainable computing worldwide, China is building a cutting-edge underwater data center off the coast of Shanghai, leveraging ocean water for cooling and powering the facility with offshore wind energy. According to Scientific American, the project, led by the company Hailanyun, is located six miles off Shanghai’s coast and marks…
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President Donald Trump announced Saturday that the United States will impose 30% tariffs on imports from the European Union and Mexico, effective from August 1. The move targets two of America’s largest trade partners and signals a sharp escalation in Trump’s trade strategy during his second term. Trump made the announcement via letters posted on…
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In a symbolic ceremony held Friday in northern Iraq, fighters from the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) began the group’s long-promised disarmament, marking the most concrete step yet in a renewed peace process aimed at ending four decades of violent insurgency in Turkey. The event, which took place in the mountains of Sulaymaniyah province within Iraq’s…
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Russia ordered the closure of Poland’s Consulate in Kaliningrad on Friday, escalating tensions between the two nations amid ongoing allegations of Russian sabotage. The move comes in direct retaliation for Poland’s May 2025 decision to shut down the Russian Consulate in Krakow, following a fire at Warsaw’s Marywilska 44 shopping center a year earlier on…
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China’s electric vehicle (EV) industry has reached a critical turning point, producing cars that rival or surpass those made in the West, at a fraction of the cost, according to a stark warning from former General Motors executive Michael Dunne. In a recent New York Times op-ed, Dunne paints a sobering picture, that Chinese EVs,…
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