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Bibi’s plea — I beg your pardon

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the plenum of the Knesset. PHOTO: REUTERS

Israel's prime minister, Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, has just asked the country’s president, Isaac Herzog, to "fully pardon" him of all three charges

The good old days of keeping everything that you conquered

Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. Photo: Getty Images

Russia's "big concession is they stop fighting and they don’t take any more land", US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday

Ukraine: once more around the loop

An exhibition of military hardware and equipment said to have been destroyed and captured by Russian armed forces in the course of the conflict against Ukraine, at the Victory Museum, Moscow. PHOTO: REUTERS

If the Ukrainians feel the time has come to surrender to the Russians, they don’t need Donald Trump’s help.

It’s all quiet on the East Asia front

A peaceful day shopping in Taipei. PHOTO: REUTERS

Russia has its endless war in Ukraine, Africa has the Sudanese civil war, the United States is on the brink of invading Venezuela

Marking time as Cop30 begins

Indonesian farmer Hasan Basri pulls out his rice that failed to be harvested due to a prolonged drought. PHOTO: REUTERS

Populist parties are already in power in some developed countries and waiting just outside the door in many more.

Another day means another massacre somewhere

Injured displaced Sudanese people who fled violence in El Fasher receive treatment at a makeshift clinic run by Medecins Sans Frontieres in Tawila, North Darfur. PHOTO: REUTERS

The ceasefire in Gaza, however shaky, is freeing up some bandwidth for the world’s media to fret about other ongoing massacres

Time to look for what made you look

Nigerian newspapers bring locals the news of US President Donald Trump’s message to their country’s leaders over the treatment of Christians. PHOTO: REUTERS

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.

Invade Venezuela first Canadians plead

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro holds a rally following US President Donald Trump's statement that ground operations against drug cartels could be next. PHOTO: VIA REUTERS

Q: Why do some Canadians want Trump to invade Venezuela?

The ceasefire neither side wanted

A displaced Palestinian girl carries water containers near tents in Gaza City as a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas holds. PHOTO: REUTERS

It didn’t take long.

What happened to the potential of Latin America?

United States President Donald Trump greets President of Argentina Javier Milei. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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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