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International Monetary Fund data shows the global economy has stabilized since the pandemic shock four and a half years ago.

Egypt has been displeased with Ethiopia’s plan to dam the Blue Nile River since the project was announced more than a decade ago. Egypt’s very existence depends on its access to the waters of the Nile ...

Rocking the boat. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed two laws that reasserted the limits of the country’s maritime and resource claims, including in the South China Sea. The Philippine ...

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