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On the eve of Hungary’s bitterly fought and highly significant election, the two main rivals are taking their campaigns to the wire, as Péter Magyar attempts to end 16 years of continuous rule by Viktor Orbán’s party Fidesz. “We’re at the gates of a two-thirds majority victory. Let’s gear up and push for the last […]

If and when a photograph is taken of US Vice-President JD Vance standing next to Iran’s Parliamentary Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf in Islamabad this weekend, it will construct history. That moment would mark the highest-level face-to-face talks between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the United States of America since the 1979 Islamic Revolution shattered […]

Tousle-haired and clad in a checked shirt, Samay Raina half smiles on stage, as if a punchline is already poised at the edge of his lips. The audience laughs even before he begins speaking. Until a year ago, Raina was at the top of India’s burgeoning comedy scene, with millions of views online and sold-out […]

As Melania Trump walked up to the White House podium on Thursday, standing where US President Donald Trump had just over a week ago made his address to the nation on Iran, there was absolutely no indication that this would be a jaw-dropping appearance. There was curiosity, yes, but no one guessed it would be […]

Democratic Congressman Eric Swalwell, one of the leading candidates in the race to be California’s next governor, has denied allegations of sexual misconduct from former staff. “These allegations are false and come on the eve of an election against the frontrunner for governor,” he commented in a statement after multiple women made allegations ranging from […]

“Without water, there would be no wine,” Virginia de Valle says as she takes me around her family’s 16-hectare (40-acre) vineyard in Mendoza, nestled below the peaks of the Andes mountain range. Winemakers in Argentina’s wine capital rely on fresh water from the Andes mountains to irrigate their crops. But after Argentine MPs this week […]

The British rock band Deep Purple met a long-time super fan in Tokyo on Friday – who just happened to be the Japanese prime minister. Furthermore, experts in foreign policy note the continued relevance. “You are my god,” Sanae Takaichi, a hard rock enthusiast, told the band’s drummer Ian Paice, beaming as she handed him […]

Fans of former baseball star Ichiro Suzuki were thrown a curveball when a statue of him broke as it was being unveiled outside the home of the Seattle Mariners on Friday. As a blue tarp was pulled off it, audience members could hear a snapping noise as the bronze figure it was shrouding suddenly appeared […]

Humanitarian organisations and journalists have expressed concerns after a leading satellite imagery enterprise told its users it was restricting access to images of Iran and large parts of the Middle East following a request from the US government. California-based Planet Labs initially introduced a 14-day delay on providing novel imagery from the region in March. […]

No serving leader in the European Union has led their country for as long as Viktor Orbán. But after 16 years he faces his strongest challenge yet in 12 April elections, where most opinion polls suggest he is heading for defeat at the hands of former party insider, Péter Magyar. Since 2010, Orbán has transformed […]