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Published in: Home: NewsWomen’s Tennis Association shows global business how to deal with Beijing
By suspending tournaments in China over treatment of Peng Shuai, the WTA placed rights over profits. How will the...
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Published in: Home: OpinionWhat Trevor Noah missed when he accused US police of breaking ‘social contract’
I can’t help but wonder if ‘The Daily Show’ host has read ‘The Racial Contract’ by Charles Mills. It helped me...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionThe US is tying the hands of a UN agency for Palestine refugees
By conditioning its funding to the UNRWA, the US effectively presides over a trusteeship that may affect the...
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Published in: ourEconomy: AnalysisJoe Biden is in no position to lecture the world on climate change
The US president’s administration has lots of good rhetoric but little action
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Published in: Home: ReviewBook review: ‘The Spoils of War’
A chilling account of how corruption has become institutionalised at the heart of America’s war machine – with...
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Published in: ourNHS: AnalysisWhat the Tories want to do with our health data, and why we need to stop them
Boris Johnson looks set on using our health data as a bargaining chip to keep his Brexit/US trade dream alive – but...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: AnalysisAs the West cuts aid lifelines, Afghanistan’s real crisis looms
The world must take action now to prevent a deep and lasting humanitarian crisis. But what, if anything, can be done?
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionThe US is taking on its corporate monopolists – now the rest of the world must follow
As Joe Biden’s administration starts to challenge the democracy-warping powers of giant multinationals, Britain and...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionDespite all the international attention, Afghan refugees are not welcome
Nobody really knows what prospects await Afghan refugees when countries have yet to see human rights as rights for all humans
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionWhat the US exit from Kabul tells us about the value of Afghan lives
The West has declared an end to its war. For Afghans, the war is far from over
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureAfghanistan’s women journalists don’t need saving – they need supporting
The knowledge and rights of Afghan women journalists must be protected as we look to ensure an independent media...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionA disgraceful stab in the back of Afghans
Our writer, a Western-Afghan scholar and government official, reflects on the pain and fury he feels watching the...
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Published in: Home: OpinionWith or without the Taliban, COVID and climate will inspire terrorism
Young jihadis across continents are turning to violence – and that will continue whatever the new old rulers of...
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Published in: Home: OpinionDon’t use girls as justification for bombing Afghanistan, again
Dear British feminists, Western military intervention is never a good thing
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Published in: Home: OpinionUS defeat in Afghanistan marks the end of neoliberalism
The past 50 years of Western economics are rooted in imperial exploitation. But if the US’s military can be beaten,...
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe West’s defeat in Afghanistan will please China and inspire Islamist extremists
The US will fight the Taliban from the air – but there’s no sign this will check the paramilitaries on the ground
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Published in: Home: OpinionThe US’s withdrawal from Afghanistan should not be sold as ‘job done’
Only the leaders of the region’s extremist movements have cause for optimism about the future
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Published in: Freedom of Information: AnalysisFrom private emails to Post-it Notes: How politicians avoid scrutiny
Matt Hancock, who Labour accused of trying to ‘conduct government business in secret’, joins a long list of...
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionCOVID-19 has made the super-rich richer. It’s time for a billionaire wealth tax
The US’s billionaires have amassed democracy-distorting concentrations of wealth and power as millions have been...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaLast year of Trump in the US?
What can we expect from Trump for next year? What could happen with the current impeachment case? Español