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Moment of opportunity
THE initiation of an intra-Afghan dialogue earlier this month represents a moment of hope and opportunity for a negotiated end to the long and bloody war…
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Donald Trump Barely Pays Any Taxes: Will Anyone Care?
Three enterprising reporters for the New York Times published a bombshell report Sunday evening on Donald Trump’s financial life, making it clear that the President of…
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A million deaths from coronavirus: seven experts consider key questions
The pandemic has reached a grim milestone: one million people have now died of COVID-19, according to Worldometers. On January 13, we published “Mystery China pneumonia…
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Julian Assange: Press Shows Little Interest in Media ‘Trial of Century’
A successful Assange prosecution could be the legal spark for future anti-journalistic actions. The United States government is asking Britain to send the Australian publisher to…
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Stateless Rohingya more isolated than ever
Already in desperate straits, the sprawling Rohingya diaspora has seen the crisis made even worse by the Covid-19 pandemic Along with being a major health risk,…
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Preparing for the Covid-19 vaccine
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues and it's second wave has already hit several countries, the need and urgency for the much expected vaccine has become critically…
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The Election That Could Break America
If the vote is close, Donald Trump could easily throw the election into chaos and subvert the result. Who will stop him? There is a cohort…
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Hunger In America, Especially For Children, Has “Skyrocketed” During Covid-19, Data Shows
The number of children who do not have enough to eat has soared in the pandemic, according to the Census Bureau and Agriculture Department. THE LEVEL…
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The geopolitics of future normalization of Arab-Israeli relations
Questions remains as to whether new peace deals will have a positive effect on future relations between the Arab world and Israel. The historic deal between…
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Democracy in decline?
Dr Ali Riaz is a distinguished professor of political science at Illinois State University (USA) and a Nonresident Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council. In this…
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Returning to Multilateralism
For 75 years, the United Nations has provided an imperfect but unrivaled global forum for advancing peace, prosperity, and human rights, standing as a bulwark against…
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Belarus: slow international response shows limits of world’s human rights regime
After an urgent debate initiated by the European Union, the UN Human Rights Council has condemned human rights violations in Belarus following the country’s disputed election…