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Canberra just might be focused on placating Israel.
Save Ukraine, but don’t stop there.
Pakistan’s journey has been troubled since the 1950s.
We can’t live with nuclear weapons.
Verbal objections mean next to nothing.
Trump can’t help complicating his travails.
Few Israelis seem to be bothered about the daily toll in Gaza.
Indira’s Emergency was a warning for India.
From UK to US, that might not work.
The US is accustomed to open-ended wars.
Nothing positive can emerge from Israeli belligerence.
Disaster stretches from Gaza to LA.
Europe’s war plans portend a disaster.
The US almost certainly could halt Netanyahu’s genocidal campaign at a stroke.
There are lessons to be learned from a Uruguayan guerrilla.
Trump’s offer to mediate is charming but unlikely to yield dividends.
There is no such thing as a great war.
And let’s not forget Bandung 1955.
Francis leaves behind a complicated legacy.
Is the US still a paper tiger to Beijing?
There’s worse to come, with little resistance.
The state’s follies match those of its adversaries.
It’s a rare win for the ICC in unusual circumstances.
When will the Zionists face a Nuremberg?
Western illiberalism trumps liberalism.
Germany once more boosts the European far right.
Malcolm X was outlived by his monumental legacy.
Trump’s crimes so far don’t stretch to Afghanistan.
Trump’s tariffs on hold as tantrums carry on.
‘Never again’ remains an aspiration 80 years after Auschwitz.
This character is now chief executive of the most powerful nation, accompanied by equally immoral underlings.
There could be worse to come under Trump.
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