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Curtain call on growth does not spell end

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a speech during the National Day reception on the eve of...

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Curtain call on growth does not spell end

"No-one can stop the wheel of history," said China’s President Xi Jinping on the 75th anniversary of the day when the CCP proclaimed the creation of the People’s Republic of China.

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Will He? Won’t He? Netanyahu decides

Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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Will He? Won’t He? Netanyahu decides

Will Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, really launch a full-scale war against Lebanon-based Hizbollah when Israel is still fighting Hamas in Gaza? Of course he will.

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Who ruined Sri Lanka? So many choices

Anura Kumara Dissanayake is elected as the new president of Sri Lanka. PHOTO: REUTERS

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Who ruined Sri Lanka? So many choices

It's hard to know who ruined Sri Lanka, because there are so many plausible candidates.

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Animals are our friends, not food

Sheep carcasses being processed at Finegand freezing works. PHOTO: STEPHEN JAQUIERY

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Animals are our friends, not food

A bit behind the curve (it was first posted last April), I have stumbled across the New York Declaration on Animal Consciousness.

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Netanyahu running out of options

Demonstrators take part in a protest in Tel Aviv to show support for hostages kidnapped during...

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Netanyahu running out of options

Six Jewish hostages were murdered by Hamas last week just before the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) reached them, and a controversy has erupted in Israel about whether Prime Minister Binyamin...

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Third time is not lucky for nationalists

New Caledonians (Kanaks) of Toulouse are taking to the streets in protest against the...

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Third time is not lucky for nationalists

With the sole exception of the 50 people on Pitcairn Island, the United Kingdom (once known as the British Empire) liquidated its holdings in the Pacific Ocean long ago.

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Struggle against the monkey king

Proximus Caesar from Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. PHOTO: 20TH CENTURY

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Struggle against the monkey king

When you find yourself shouting at the television screen, you know it’s time to take a break.

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The space race and the very precious life of Elon

If we are to head to the stars, Elon’s our man. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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The space race and the very precious life of Elon

Elon Musk is heading for a crash.

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Thailand: bring up the reserves

Paetongtarn Shinawatra speaks after receiving a royal endorsement to become the 31st prime...

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Thailand: bring up the reserves

"I have consulted with my father on all issues, whether on private matters or about work, since I was young," said Paetongtarn Shinawatra.

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Rumours of ceasefires and the facts of incursions

Ukrainian servicemen ride tanks near the Russian border in the Sumy region. Photo: Reuters

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Rumours of ceasefires and the facts of incursions

Ukraine's major cross-border attack into the Kursk region of Russia last week has triggered the usual claims and counter-claims.

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They seek him here, they seek him there — and there he was

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They seek him here, they seek him there — and there he was

Carles Puigdemont, the self-exiled leader of the Catalan separatist movement, aspires to become the new Scarlet Pimpernel.

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We have entered ‘uncharted territory’

Fire crews work to put out hotspots at Maligne Lodge in Jasper, Alberta, Canada. PHOTO: REUTERS

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We have entered ‘uncharted territory’

When you spend four years writing a book on climate change, you get to know most of the leading players. I have never seen them so dismayed.

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Collateral damage, martyrdom continues unabated in Gaza

Palestinians mourn a relative killed in an Israeli strike in Khan Younis. PHOTO: REUTERS

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Collateral damage, martyrdom continues unabated in Gaza

The Palestinian death toll in the Gaza Strip since October’s Hamas attacks on Israeli settlements will reach 40,000 people in the next week or so — it’s back up to about 50-100 civilian dead per day.

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The last stand of American Christians

The past week has been a roller-coaster ride for Donald Trump. PHOTO: REUTERS

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The last stand of American Christians

The past week has been a roller-coaster ride for Donald Trump.

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Iran’s theocracy starting to erode

Posters of Iranian presidential candidates Masoud Pezeshkian and Saeed Jalili displayed in a...

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Iran’s theocracy starting to erode

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei told Iranian TV just before the second round of voting on Sunday ‘‘I have heard that people’s zeal and interest is higher than in the first round [of Iran’s presidential election]."

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Macron isn’t stupid: France won’t head right

French President Emmanuel Macron heads into the voting booth during France’s first round of...

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Macron isn’t stupid: France won’t head right

Nothing else in France looks like the 1930s, so why should fascism?

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Enormous changes at the last minute

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. PHOTO:REUTERS

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Enormous changes at the last minute

By Friday we will know the outcome of the British election.

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Second chance for South Africa?

South African president Cyril Ramaphosa reacts after being re-elected. PHOTO: REUTERS

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Second chance for South Africa?

Cyril Ramaphosa is the president of South Africa again, but everything else is different.

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Stop ‘Munich’ talk — a great war is not coming

War rumbles on in Ukraine. Photo: Reuters

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Stop ‘Munich’ talk — a great war is not coming

Scarcely a week passes without some media pundit or attention-seeking historian warning that a great war is nigh.

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Macron’s strategy: hit and hope

French President Emmanuel Macron contemplates his next move. PHOTO: REUTERS

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Macron’s strategy: hit and hope

Even before the final results were in from all of the 27 European Union countries that voted in the EU elections last weekend, President Emmanuel Macron had called national elections in France for...

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