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Chancellor Friedrich Merz of Germany, making his New Year’s Eve address, said the change would force Europe to do more to defend itself. By Christopher F. Schuetze Reporting from Berlin In his first ...

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Ewan Gleadow is a breaking news reporter for Raw Story based in the United Kingdom. He previously worked for The Daily Mirror and its sister site, The Mirror US. He also runs the music and culture ...

Copyright: © 2025 Published by Elsevier Ltd. The American photographer Irving Penn (1917–2009) described a good photograph as one “that communicates a fact ...

Sept 15 (Reuters) - Israel's bombing of Qatar last week risks a new breach with Arab states who are meeting on Monday, opening another chapter in a fractious history since Israel's creation in 1948 ...

Tensions between the two nuclear powers and major economic players could have critical implications for security and developments in the Global South. China and India have each made great economic ...

For centuries, mainland China and the island of Taiwan have had an interconnected relationship that has been both close and contentious at times. Rana Mitter, an expert on historical and contemporary ...

Strong collaboration between school boards and superintendents can be make or break for district leadership—but those relationships are too often hindered by hurdles like external political pressures, ...

Abstract: Maize is a key global food crop, with China being a major producer vital for global maize supply and food security. Accurately analyzing the relationships between grain yields of maize and ...

Anyone who works in British foreign policy knows that we talk about “the special relationship” with the U.S. infinitely more than Americans do. But there is a straightforward reason: it really matters ...

Introduction: This study examines the relationship between principal instructional leadership and teacher self-efficacy in student engagement and classroom management within Chinese primary and ...