The Taliban now controls a majority of districts in Afghanistan
The Islamist group now controls nearly 60 per cent of Afghan districts, up from 20 per cent before the US…
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Will the US withdrawal from Afghanistan come to haunt Joe Biden’s presidency?
The rapid resurgence of the Taliban is set to extend a deep history of American betrayal and error.
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Europe’s year of fire is set to be the worst ever
The continent is burning at more than twice the normal rate, according to New Statesman analysis.
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Glenn Greenwald: the greatest journalist of all time?
Why the Brazil-based investigative reporter divides the US left and has become a friend to the right.
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Why a China-centered future is still uncertain
In privileging political control over market freedom, the new superpower risks its own rise.
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One year after a disputed election, Belarus is a rogue state
The brazen policies of President Alexander Lukashenko’s regime have prompted comparisons with countries such as North Korea.
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“I am not intimidated, I will carry on”: Bill Browder, the banker who became a thorn in Putin’s side
The financier and architect of the Magnitsky Act on his battle with Vladimir Putin’s gangster state.
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IPCC climate report: the arrival of the natural disaster movie age?
As the new UN report coincides with a summer of fires and floods, the films we grew up with might yet…
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