Former US president Joe Biden says Donald Trump should be haunted for the rest of his life by the 6 January 2021 attack on the US Capitol, describing his predecessor and successor
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court has ordered an investigation into the 2026 presidential campaign of far-right senator Flávio Bolsonaro over suspected illegal foreign financing, alleged manipulation of digital platforms and possible agreements involving
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There are a hundred and fifty people – and they are all men – who run the world …Chamath Palihapitiya There is an abiding paradox in the history of human civilization. The
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Editorial Trump’s project in Latin America has suffered a major setback with Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s re-election. At 80, the veteran Brazilian leader has made electoral history, securing a fourth, non-consecutive
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Sri Lanka’s proposed new anti-terrorism law could jeopardise its eligibility for the European Union’s GSP+ trade concessions, the Joint Apparel Association Forum has warned, arguing that the legislation could become a major
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From threatened colonial institutions and mass police deployment in New Delhi to student protests against alleged electoral disenfranchisement, India’s democratic contradictions are becoming increasingly visible. As constitutional rights collide with excessive state
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Nearly eight decades after the events of 1947, Kashmir remains one of South Asia’s most enduring territorial and political disputes. Competing claims of sovereignty, unresolved questions of political consent, and recurring India–Pakistan
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Walk into any café, look into a living room, observe a family sitting down for a meal, or look around while walking down the street or travelling on a bus, and one
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Editorial Is Bibi going to lose miserably? It is too early to predict, but something unusual is happening in Israel. Voters are turning out in numbers not seen for decades, making this
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Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman’s surprise visit to Tehran was aimed at securing a ceasefire with Yemen’s Houthi movement under a proposed arrangement involving a $1 billion transfer to the
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A shirtless, masked young man standing above a São Paulo metro station, waving Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s flag alongside a Palestinian flag, became one of the defining images of
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A group of 21 Indian news publishers has challenged Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in the Supreme Court over a privacy law they say could undermine investigative journalism, expose confidential sources and
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Nearly 300 journalists have been killed by Israeli forces since October 2023, while more than 400 others have been wounded, according to Francesca Albanese, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the situation
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After the piece below had been drafted, news came in of a third development that was perhaps even more consequential than the two described, the victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva,
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The US needs to creatively combine two counter-drone capabilities it already has and do it quickly to deal with swarm attacks of drones and cruise missiles. The Russians are already doing it.
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Why are we so obsessed with a group of prehistoric humans who disappeared some 40,000 years ago? Ever since the discovery of the first named Neanderthal fossils in 1856, scientists have struggled
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