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When black lives don't seem to matter
A man is filmed dying under a policeman’s knee in Minneapolis. Riots break out, statues are toppled and the Western…
What Trump's acquittal means for the future of American politics
Former President Donald Trump was acquitted by the Senate today, in what has turned out to be the shortest impeachment…
Schumer blindsided by Democrat impeachment managers
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was outfoxed by the House impeachment managers on Saturday as they moved to allow witnesses…
Why Boris Johnson must say no to a second Scottish referendum
It’s hard to believe in these early weeks of 2021, when the country is grappling with an unprecedented national health…
Is Kazakhstan capable of transitioning to democracy?
In the dramatic ‘reveal’ of Roman Polanski’s Chinatown, the lead character, private dick Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) violently extracts the…
A warning from Australia on the transgender debate
It’s great that Britain’s high court has ruled that children can’t give informed consent to receive puberty blockers. I only wish…
What has the New York Times got against Ayaan Hirsi Ali?
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is not an easy person to cancel. She has survived the brutal murder of her colleague Theo…
Liz Cheney is no hero
When Rep. Liz Cheney recently said she would vote to impeach President Trump, most of the national GOP and Wyoming…
Meghan Markle and the trouble with human rights law
Meghan Markle hailed her victory in a high court privacy case as a ‘comprehensive win’ over the Mail on Sunday’s…
Japan Olympic chief resigns over sexism. But did he have to go?
Yoshiro Mori the 83-year-old former Japanese prime minister has resigned from his position as president of the Tokyo Olympic Organising…
Tory nerves are growing over Boris Johnson's Covid strategy
When the third lockdown was voted on in the House of Commons last month, there was a smaller Tory rebellion than the previous…
The rise of Florian Philippot, France’s answer to Nigel Farage
These are dispiriting times for France. The 6pm curfew and the closure of bistros and theatres have taken all the…
Indonesia’s mandatory hijab ban is a triumph for women
Last week, Indonesia banned schools across the country from forcing girls to wear the hijab, after the parents of a…
To convict or not to convict
Tomorrow, attorneys Bruce Castor, David Schoen, Michael van der Veen and William Brennan plan to speak on behalf of Donald…
Gina Carano and the hypocrisy of Hollywood
Godwin’s Law has become a way of life in our polarised political times. Go on social media any given day…
Something stupid this way comes
The mandarins of Qing China claimed the Mandate of Heaven. The French noblesse d’épée tied their privileges to a thousand…
Will Burma's Buddhist monks help bring an end to the military coup?
In what could transpire to be a significant development, Buddhist monks joined tens of thousands of anti-coup protesters in the…
Green scare: Labour should stop chasing the eco vote
Should the Labour party be worried about the Greens? Some Labour activists think so. The Greens have just become the…
Macron eyes up a new career
How is France dealing with its latest Covid wave? Not particularly well, if you listen to the director of epidemiological research…
Revealed: how Mossad eliminated Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
The Mossad is not known for its touchy-feely approach. Whether it was the kidnap of Adolf Eichmann in the sixties,…
The Trump Show enters its final season
There is no point denying it — The Trump Show, the craziest comedy the God of TV has ever produced, has…
Von der Leyen has learnt nothing from the EU's vaccine fiasco
As non-apology apologies go, it was right up there with the best of them. Speaking to MEPs today, the president…
How effective are the Covid vaccines?
Reports have filtered through this morning about Public Health England’s assessment of the efficacy of the two vaccines so far…
The elitism lurking at the heart of the green movement
There’s a movement in the UK that is trying to block the building of essential new council housing. It is…
What's keeping terrorism experts awake at night?
This keeps me up at night. Have you come across this expression of pained anguish lately? This isn’t about conversations…
