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Xi Jinping swings his “assassin’s mace” of economic warfare

The ink had barely dried on Donald Trump’s order to impose a 10% tariff on…

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The meaning of Donald Trump’s war on woke workers

IT AMOUNTS TO a bonfire of rainbow tape. Donald Trump has declared war on DEI,…

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Business | Feb 8th 2025 Edition

Donald Trump announced and then postponed punitive tariffs of 25% on goods from Canada and…

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Social-media platforms are destroying evidence of war crimes
Social-media platforms are destroying evidence of war crimes

TECHNOLOGY HAS always mattered in the prosecution of war crimes. The Nazis who stood trial at Nuremberg were damned not...

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The UN renews its vows in a 75th-birthday general non-assembly
The UN renews its vows in a 75th-birthday general non-assembly

AT THIS TIME of year New York City is normally gridlocked. World leaders and their delegations, as well as hordes...

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The pandemic is boosting efforts to get the old out of prison
The pandemic is boosting efforts to get the old out of prison

PATRICIA WRIGHT expected to spend her life in prison in California, for ordering a hitman to kill her husband—which he...

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Anti-lockdown protests have been hijacked by conspiracy theorists
Anti-lockdown protests have been hijacked by conspiracy theorists

IN MANY COUNTRIES citizens have in the past few months faced restrictions on their personal freedoms unprecedented outside wartime. Many...

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A row between Turkey and Greece over gas is raising tension in the eastern Mediterranean
A row between Turkey and Greece over gas is raising tension in the eastern Mediterranean

AS NAVAL BATTLES go, it was not a classic. The Kemal Reis, a Turkish frigate named after a 15th-century Ottoman...

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The covid-19 pandemic will be over by the end of 2021, says Bill Gates
The covid-19 pandemic will be over by the end of 2021, says Bill Gates

MILLIONS MORE are going to die before the covid-19 pandemic is over. That is the stark message of Bill Gates,...

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During the pandemic a digital crimewave has flooded the internet
During the pandemic a digital crimewave has flooded the internet

WHERE REAL markets go, shadow markets often follow. In crime—as in legitimate economic activity—the pandemic has fostered an online boom....

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America musters the world’s biggest naval exercise
America musters the world’s biggest naval exercise

THE REAL draw of the biennial “Rim of the Pacific” exercise, or RIMPAC, is the cocktail party. The world’s largest...

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The dereliction of American diplomacy
The dereliction of American diplomacy

THE AMERICAN embassy escaped the blast in Beirut’s port unscathed. Many Western countries either have missions in the city centre...

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When covid-19 recedes, will global migration start again?
When covid-19 recedes, will global migration start again?

EVERY WEEKEND the removal vans come to a leafy suburb of Dubai. Expatriates are packing up. The United Arab Emirates...

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