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OpinionOctober 18

Trying to squash India’s cockroach uprising

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi is technically not upper caste, but he does have a high opinion of himself.
Trying to squash India’s cockroach uprising
Trying to squash India’s cockroach uprising
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OpinionOctober 14

The moment of maximum danger

A long time ago I was interviewing a professor at the University of Michigan (whose name I cannot recall) on various topics of no great interest. I was about to give up when I accidentally asked the right question.
The moment of maximum danger
The moment of maximum danger
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OpinionOctober 11

Israel and Palestine: Thirty wasted years

Here is how the high command of the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) laid down the rules for “remotely” killing suspected Palestinian activists in the densely populated Gaza Strip after the surprise Hamas attack on Israel three years ago this week (October 7).
Israel and Palestine: Thirty wasted years
Israel and Palestine: Thirty wasted years
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OpinionOctober 7

How to handle what the pros call a spat

“I would not like to call this an incident. Let’s say it’s a diplomatic misunderstanding,” Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha said.
How to handle what the pros call a spat
How to handle what the pros call a spat
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OpinionOctober 4

You know you can't bomb your ghost nukes bro

“Devastating Iran’s nuclear facilities was . . . very hard to do,” Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin ‘Bibi’ Netanyahu told the United Nations General Assembly last month.
You know you can't bomb your ghost nukes bro
You know you can't bomb your ghost nukes bro
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OpinionSeptember 27

The tricky business of being a deserving peace prize winner

Another October coming up, and still the Nobel Peace Prize Committee refuses to give Donald Trump his Prize.
The tricky business of being a deserving peace prize winner
The tricky business of being a deserving peace prize winner
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OpinionSeptember 23

Carney enjoying the poetry, awaits the prose

Forty years ago former New York Governor Mario Cuomo said: ``You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.”
Carney enjoying the poetry, awaits the prose
Carney enjoying the poetry, awaits the prose
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OpinionSeptember 22

Space war and other distractions

When Troy Meink, the chief of the US Space Force, announces for no obvious reason that the United States “now has on-orbit space-control weapons”, people naturally assume that something is up.
Space war and other distractions
Space war and other distractions
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OpinionSeptember 16

Not AI Doom

Somebody was bound to sound the alarm eventually. In this case it was a young British artificial intelligence researcher called Jacob Coxon, who quit his job at the AI company Anthropic to warn the world that “if we don’t slow down the current rate of progress, there is a strong chance that we could all die in the next two years.”
Not AI Doom
Not AI Doom
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OpinionSeptember 13

International anger over West Bank killings grows

It has been a year since Canada, France and the United Kingdom officially recognised the State of Palestine (under Israeli occupation, final border to be determined). The killings by Israelis settlers and their military supporters in the West Bank are getting worse, so it was time for the next step.
International anger over West Bank killings grows
International anger over West Bank killings grows