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Aid farce lacks more than footwear

Displaced Palestinians wait to receive food cooked by a charity kitchen amid shortages of food supplies, amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, where thousands have sought refuge from Israel’s bombardments. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

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Anthropocene cancelled: we’re back in the Holocene era

Image: Getty Images

There has been a decade-long year war within the geological community over what to call the epoch we live in right now, and an international panel of two dozen senior geologists has finally delivered its verdict.

Only Biden can stop the Gaza war

Can United States President Joe Biden stop the war? PHOTO: REUTERS

More than four months into the sixth Arab-Israeli War, during which about 1500 Israelis and 30,000 Palestinians have died, all the major local actors are stuck. Only the United States can stop the killing — if it chooses to do so.

Prospect of mass immigration looms

Karolina Shiino, the winner of the Miss Japan 2024 pageant, poses with her trophy at the contest in Tokyo on January 22. PHOTO: REUTERS

It did not end well for Karolina Shiino, the young woman who won the title of Miss Japan two weeks ago.

A man’s gotta do ... well, what?

US President Joe Biden is briefed on the deadly drone attack at a US outpost in Jordan on Monday. PHOTO: WHITE HOUSEN VIA REUTERS

In the immediate aftermath of the massacre of 1140 Israeli civilians by Hamas terrorists last October, US President Joe Biden went to Israel and gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu some good advice.

Meritless or a decisive victory?

The International Court of Justice sits. PHOTO: REUTERS

Israel's defence minister, Yoav Gallant, dismissed the ruling by the International Court of Justice in The Hague on the accusation that Israel is committing genocide in the Gaza Strip with the words "Hague schmague".

Sending a message, via missile

Iranian missiles exhibited in a Teheran park. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

Not all that long ago, attacking another country’s territory was still seen as a big deal.

Israel v the ICJ: a waste of time?

The International Court of Justice hears South Africa’s case against Israel. PHOTO: REUTERS

The two sides have had their day in court — one day each, actually.

Foreign support for Sahel ending

German army Bundeswehr soldiers return from peacekeeping in Mali in mid-December. PHOTO: REUTERS

Last Sunday, the last of 12,000 United Nations peacekeeping troops left Mali, ordered out by the military regime that seized power after two successive coups in 2020 and 2021.

Spring thaw could be scorching

El Nino is the warm phase of the El Nino-La Nina Southern Oscillation (ENSO) that occurs across the tropical Pacific Ocean roughly every five years. PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES

Last year was probably the hottest in the past 10,000 years — but everybody agrees that this year will be even hotter.

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