Uncertainty hangs over Venezuela
Here's what’s probably happening in Venezuela today.
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Is Rubio leading the US towards a forever war?
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Is Rubio leading the US towards a forever war?
US President Donald Trump has ordered "a total and complete" blockade of all "sanctioned" oil tankers entering and leaving Venezuela ports, which is technically an act of war.
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Geoengineering for grown-ups
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Geoengineering for grown-ups
A few days ago the European Union’s Earth Observation programme, Copernicus, made a special announcement at the end of its monthly report on the state of the climate.
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Venezuela: performative murder
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Venezuela: performative murder
United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio said last week "if you’re on a boat full of cocaine or fentanyl or whatever, headed to the United States, you’re an immediate threat to the United States".
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Bibi’s plea — I beg your pardon
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Bibi’s plea — I beg your pardon
Israel's prime minister, Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, has just asked the country’s president, Isaac Herzog, to "fully pardon" him of all three charges
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The good old days of keeping everything that you conquered
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The good old days of keeping everything that you conquered
Russia's "big concession is they stop fighting and they don’t take any more land", US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday
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Ukraine: once more around the loop
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Ukraine: once more around the loop
If the Ukrainians feel the time has come to surrender to the Russians, they don’t need Donald Trump’s help.
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It’s all quiet on the East Asia front
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It’s all quiet on the East Asia front
Russia has its endless war in Ukraine, Africa has the Sudanese civil war, the United States is on the brink of invading Venezuela
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Marking time as Cop30 begins
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Marking time as Cop30 begins
Populist parties are already in power in some developed countries and waiting just outside the door in many more.
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Another day means another massacre somewhere
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Another day means another massacre somewhere
The ceasefire in Gaza, however shaky, is freeing up some bandwidth for the world’s media to fret about other ongoing massacres
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Time to look for what made you look
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Time to look for what made you look
Made You Look is a children’s game where a child points to something that doesn’t exist just to get another child to look in that direction.
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Invade Venezuela first Canadians plead
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Invade Venezuela first Canadians plead
Q: Why do some Canadians want Trump to invade Venezuela?
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The ceasefire neither side wanted
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The ceasefire neither side wanted
It didn’t take long.
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What happened to the potential of Latin America?
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What happened to the potential of Latin America?
Javier Milei, the Elon Musk wannabe who became president of Argentina two years ago chainsaw in hand, is now in deep trouble with the voters, and the mid-term elections are due this month.
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A bubble which is about to burst
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A bubble which is about to burst
"The thing that comforts me,"
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The holes in Gaza 20-point plan
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The holes in Gaza 20-point plan
When a bad man does a good thing, we should honour him for it even if his motives are selfish.
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Too late for a Palestinian state?
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Too late for a Palestinian state?
Ten more countries are recognising Palestine as a sovereign state in the course of this week.
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Same crime but a different fate
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Same crime but a different fate
If Donald Trump were a religious man, he might have said "There but for the grace of God go I" when he heard that former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro had been sentenced to 27 years in prison.
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No dawning of a New World Order
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No dawning of a New World Order
There is no "New World Order", although there is certainly a new world disorder.
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Views of Africa and the cartographic truth
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Views of Africa and the cartographic truth
Two Africa-based advocacy groups, Africa No Filter and Speak Up Africa, launched a "Change the Map" campaign in April.