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Climate disasters are getting worse – risks escalate when authoritarian regimes keep neighbours in the dark

Climate disasters are getting worse – risks escalate when authoritarian regimes keep neighbours in the dark

With extreme weather and glacier melt predicted to increase, neighbouring nations will need to act together to prevent deaths.

28.09.2026 10

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Natasha Lindstaedt

Macron plays ‘Trump whisperer’ as the US president signs Iran ceasefire deal after a successful G7 summit

This year the US president stayed until the end of the summit, unlike in 2025.

18.06.2026 30

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How Pakistan became the primary mediator between the US and Iran

Pakistan’s relationships with the US and Iran put it in a strong position to intervene – not to mention a need to stabilise its borders and...

07.05.2026 50

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Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt and Saudi Arabia emerge as a new regional power bloc amid Iran war

Pakistan played a leading role in negotiating the ceasefire in Iran.

08.04.2026 50

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In his Munich speech, Marco Rubio balanced loyalty to Trump with reassurances to Europe

The secretary of state’s speech was less divisive than J.D. Vance’s a year earlier, but it did not mark any significant change in US foreign...

16.02.2026 70

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Mexico and US look for new deal in long-running battle over 80-year old water treaty

Mexico has been at odds with the US for years about a long-running treaty which requires it to supply its neighbour with billions of gallons of water.

28.01.2026 30

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Stephen Miller: portrait of Donald Trump’s ideologue-in -chief

Miller is one of the few officials to serve in both of Trump’s terms of office.

08.01.2026 50

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Ukraine’s massive nature project is helping veterans and land recover

A massive rewilding project in Ukraine is proving helpful for the wellbeing of veterans as well as helping large natural areas recover.

05.11.2025 30

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Dick Cheney dies: giant of the US conservative movement whose legacy was defined by the Iraq war

The former US vice-president is widely regarded as the driving force behind George W. Bush’s invasion of Iraq and the US War on Terror.

04.11.2025 30

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Charlie Kirk: the latest in a long line of political martyrs, from left and right

From Charlie Kirk to Martin Luther King, martyrs are powerful tools for political movements, democratic and authoritarian.

15.10.2025 30

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Why a new ‘iron curtain’ is being built across Europe. This time it’s to keep Russia out

Some European states are worrird after a Ukraine-Russia ceasefire Moscow might turn its firepower on them, so are building hundreds of miles of...

22.08.2025 40

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Water wars: a historic agreement between Mexico and US is ramping up border tension

Reducing rainfall and droughts are causing problems between the US and Mexico because of a historic agreement to deliver water between them.

25.07.2025 30

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Georgia: how democracy is being eroded fast as government shifts towards Russia

Formerly part of the Soviet Union, Georgia was seen as moving towards democracy, but that is quickly being eroded.

07.07.2025 40

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