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Concrete sprawl and vanishing green cover are turning Indian cities into heat traps, with informal workers bearing the cost.
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The quiet rise of Chinese AI inside Western companies

ASEAN’s crisis management architecture is drawn up. Now to add the plumbing

National security’s no-fail problem

The world has stopped seeing Ukraine

The Kosovo model won’t save Ukraine

Australia’s deep-sea problem

The Quad’s accountability gap

India’s direct stake in a Taiwan crisis
The geopolitics of fuel