Why the left should welcome the revolt against Cuba’s dictatorship
Westerners should have no illusions about the blame the Cuban government bears for the country’s poverty and lack of democracy
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How the Chinese government is buying its way into UK universities
From funding professorships to censoring students, the Chinese state has more influence on British educational establishments than we realise.
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Why Emmanuel Macron is gambling on vaccine passports for France
The French president has announced new measures to boost the country’s vaccine take-up and slow the spread of the Delta…
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How Father Stan Swamy’s “custodial murder” is sparking new demands for justice in India
The untimely death of the elderly activist could mark a turning point for India’s human rights law. But international pressure…
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Jacob Zuma: unrest shakes South Africa after the ex-president’s detention
For President Cyril Ramaphosa – Zuma’s successor – the violence and looting is a clear challenge to his struggle to uphold the…
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England’s Euro 2020 defeat shouldn’t obscure the progress it has made
The iconic image of the final, from an English perspective, is surely the embrace that Gareth Southgate gave Bukayo Saka.
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How failure on Covid-19 has exposed the dangerous delusion of “Fortress Australia”
The country’s complacency on vaccines reflected the false belief that it could cut itself off from the world.
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The global minimum corporate tax rate goes to the G20
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen got G7 finance ministers on board last month. Can she do the same with her…
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