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A thousand years after Rajendra Chola reopened Malacca, India faces a similar strategic moment at Hormuz. This time, the case ...

Washington is trying to use the Lobito Railway in Congo to break China’s hold on critical metals in Africa, writes Nicholas ...

Officials reveal the cause of death for Nicholas Brendon, the 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' actor who died in March at age 54.

The troubled actor died on March 20 in Indiana.

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As New York City’s first ever “close Rikers czar,” it’s Dana Kaplan’s job to get the notorious jails complex shut down ASAP.

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