COMMENT
— Eight years on from the grand bargain, Libya’s situation is even more woeful.
COMMENT
— Eight years on from the grand bargain, Libya’s situation is even more woeful.
COMMENT
— Strangely, 22 years on, 9/11 is the one reassuring sign in America’s otherwise sickening body and body politic.
COMMENT
— Xi no-show and several other headaches for host India.
COMMENT
— Mohamed Al-Fayed was deemed ‘not a fit and proper person to be given (British) citizenship’. Today, the Egyptian businessman would probably be in the House of Lords.
Slavery Reparations
— A report estimates the UK owes £18.5 trillion in reparations for its role in the transatlantic slave trade. While some UK families whose wealth largely derives from it have agreed to pay reparations, others face growing pressure to engage in reparations talks.
COMMENT
— A second-generation Indian swam into the world’s view of America’s political craziness the day India became only the fourth nation to land a spacecraft on the moon.
COMMENT
— In 2016, Donald Trump’s outrageous behaviour – tweets, incendiary statements, and norm-breaking promises – were covered with gawping attention. In 2023, it’s his criminal indictments.
COMMENT
— Record-breaking heatwaves across the northern hemisphere have been linked to climate change, making extreme weather events more likely and intense. Most people are concerned about climate change. The challenge now is to convert this concern into action.
COMMENT
— Some people, like Britain’s prime minister, have hideously good luck.
COMMENT
— Business as usual for Russia’s globe-trotting mercenary army. Is Putin fully on board or unable to prevent it?
COMMENT
— How France’s recent riots reflect a growing racial consciousness among its black and north African population, influenced by the US and the work of Education Minister Pap Ndiaye, a historian who challenges France’s colourblind ideal.
COMMENT
— US journalists analysed the King’s coronation, noting its rarity in recent British history and how King Charles III may face more challenges as some Commonwealth countries seek to become republics and end their ties with the monarchy.
COMMENT
— The state in France can’t afford to pay for the French to play boules and drink pastis for a quarter-century.
COMMENT
— When asked about Twitter’s functioning in India, Elon Musk claims ignorance regarding the Indian government’s requests to remove content related to Narendra Modi’s leadership and 2002 Gujarat riots. Despite being a “free speech absolutist,” Musk seems to surrender easily to government complaints.
COMMENT
— Baroness Warsi condemned Home Secretary Suella Braverman for using extreme and divisive language about British Pakistani men, cautioning that this could fan the flames of racism and invite attacks. Warsi recommends that one should be more cautious with words, especially if highly trained in law.
COMMENT
— Poland’s importance in Europe is evolving due to its strong stance against Russian aggression in Ukraine, having hosted Ukrainian refugees, provided aid and supplies, and pushed for Ukraine’s NATO and EU integration.
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