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Sudanese diaspora and human rights groups denounce UAE nominee for UN top job
Critics cite Lana Nusseibeh’s denial of accusations the UAE is fuelling Sudan war by supporting paramilitary RSFMembers of the Sudanese diaspora and international human rights monitors have denounced the candidature...
China expels a record number from Communist party amid Xi’s intensified purges of top officials
The unprecedented number of empty seats at the fifth plenum – a symbol of expulsions – serve as a symbol for the scale of the purges under Xi JinpingChina expelled...
Google’s $500bn bloodbath reflects the danger it faces from AI
As its search engine sputters, rivals gain ground
Netanyahu accused of smearing Arab voters to hold on to power
Prime minister claims Arab Israeli parties used foreign backing to steal elections, in which his coalition lost its majorityBenjamin Netanyahu has been accused of using smear tactics to cling to...
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Cuts like a knife: Canadian rocker Bryan Adams trolls Trump with new song
Musician wrote a ‘love letter’ to Canada with a new album – and some pointed commentary about the US presidentLake Ontario, the vast body of water that straddles the US-Canada...
Veteran investor Howard Marks on AI debt
Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week, for his final show, Mike Bird talks to the legendary distressed debt investor
Cecily Gemmell would do almost anything for Churchill
His last personal secretary died on October 8th, aged 97
Why this is a golden age for conspiracy theories
They flourish during periods of social and political upheaval
How Lebanon’s civil war shaped America’s rivalry with Iran
A new book argues a murder in 1984 can help you understand the Middle East today
John Green, a hit young-adult author, is now writing for adults
His latest novel explores social-media stardom; his own career has tracked it, too