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Trump: the least bad outcome

JD Vance and Donald Trump. Photo: Getty Images

I would rather eat worms than write about the current hullabaloo on the American right over the conspiracy theories about paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and his various pals and accomplices.

China’s pleasant climate surprise

Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng displays its lineup of SUVs and sedans at an event in Hong Kong. PHOTO: REUTERS

Start with China, the world’s biggest emitter by far of greenhouse gases: 27% of the entire world’s emissions, and more than twice that of the second-biggest emitter, the United States.

Long live the dear old Dalai Lama

Tibetan spiritual leader, the 14th Dalai Lama, attends his 90th birthday in the northern town of Dharamshala, India. PHOTO: REUTERS

The whole business of succession would be a lot simpler if the Dalai Lama could just regenerate, like Doctor Who.

Longer the power, stupider the man

Cambodian President Hun Sen used to be ruthless but clever; now he’s just stupid. PHOTO: REUTERS

Leading an entire country for a few years is a steep learning curve, but it’s useful experience.

Has the US started its next ‘forever war’?

United States President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation from the White House after three Iranian nuclear facilities were struck by the US military. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

He didn’t take two weeks to make up his mind whether or not to bomb Iran; only two days.

Be careful what you wish for, Netanyahu

Emergency personnel in Haifa after an Iranian missile attack. PHOTO: REUTERS

Israel's war with Iran is definitely the war that Prime Minister Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu has wanted all along, but he may have bitten off more than he can chew.

War worries keep Europe on alert

Weary Londoners sleep in the comparative safety of a tube station, taken out of service and converted into an air raid shelter, at the height of the London Blitz in World War 2. Photo: Bettmann Archive

"There is a clear, present risk, particularly as Vladimir Putin does see himself as being at war with the West.

Our last hope — geoengineering?

Peruvian farmer Saul Luciano Lliuya, who sued a German energy firm arguing that the company’s emissions contributed to the melting of Andean glaciers, standing by Lake Palcacocha. PHOTO: REUTERS

This is the second anniversary of the arrival of the emergency but practically nobody is mentioning it.

World closing down — when it reopens is anyone’s guess

Los Angeles Airport. Photo: Getty Images

Straws in the wind: recently I ran across a post by the chief executive of a nationwide professional association in Canada.

Having to change course, and not leaving

Israel's finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, right, greets Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a news conference in 2023. Photo: Getty Images

A zombie dream has taken over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, or at least the extreme right part of it, which is the tail that wags the rest.

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