Category: World News
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Chastened by the Mid-Term verdict, Biden may encourage Ukraine negotiations
How far towards negotiations Russia, Washington over Ukraine are inclined will be revealed in their respective body language when Anthony Blinken and Sergei Lavrov meet at the G20 Summit in Bali on…
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November Congressional results may determine Biden-Putin meet at Bali
Media disinformation notwithstanding, one outcome of this war is more or less established – we are transiting from US hegemony to a multipolar world. The process became imminent in 2008.
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The Sunak factor showcases Britain at its best or decline?
Had Sunak’s ancestors, who left Gujranwala, now in Pakistan, come directly to Britain where would they have settled? It is difficult to map them because they left for Kenya before India was…
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If US has its way, Iran protests will grow
When the Economist speculates that the protests may well be the precursor to a regime change because of the “exhilarating bravery” of the women, Tehran better take note.
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Rise and fall of Gorbachev: My two and a half interviews
For 31 years since his fall Gorbachev must have suffered in silence the rank betrayal by his western interlocutors on what they promised him when he was in power. “I can now…
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Rushdie’s assailant: “My name is legion for we are many”
Salman Rushdie was dead right when he described the banning of the Satanic Verses in India nine days after its publication in London as “political football”.