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Who is Pete Hegseth? Trump’s war-hungry secretary of defense
The US secretary of defense’s press conferences on the US-Israeli war with Iran have scaled rhetorical heights not before seen at the Pentagon.
Drilling returns to Venezuela’s Lake Maracaibo: good news for Trump but locals still yearn for relief
Amid global conflict and rising energy prices, the once-affluent heartland of Venezuela’s oil industry is placing hope in US investment.
Slovenia has a patriotic problem: The centre left held out but it shouldn’t be proud
Following recent victories in The Netherlands and the Paris municipal elections, Europe's centre-left is gaining ground. But Slovenia's leftist win on Sunday poses a bigger issue.
Though various countries stake claims to Antarctica, the continent remains beyond anyone’s grasp
On expedition to Antarctica, Monocle encounters an icy continent where the borders are anything but frozen.
Rising rhetoric and deepening Gulf tensions push the Middle East to the brink
As the US-Israeli war against Iran drags on, the rhetoric among the latter’s fellow Gulf states is beginning to reach fever pitch.
Singapore’s orchid diplomacy is a different kind of flower power
Being a good gifter is a rare gift. Singapore has it down to a fine art and it's helping the country's diplomatic relations bloom.
Could Valerii Zaluzhnyi be Ukraine’s next president?
Though Ukraine’s constitution prohibits elections in wartime, speculation abounds for presidential successors to Volodymyr Zelensky. Despite Valerii Zaluzhnyi’s quiet political profile, the country’s eyes are on the war commander-turned ambassador.
Brand France makes its LA 2028 Olympics play with sun, sport and savoir-faire
By planting its Olympic clubhouse on Santa Monica’s shoreline, France is turning the 2028 Games into a stage for cultural influence as much as sporting success.
Ukraine’s most valuable export? Drone-fighting know-how
Ukraine has moved with velocity from being a battlefield casualty of drone technology to being a major tutor in the global campaign against it.
