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    Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Can Afghans be ever free of the Taliban? Don’t hold your breath

    The latter condition could pose immediate problems, and not just because of the antipathy between the two sides.

    26 Feb 2020 10:42 PM

    The Diamond Princess cruise ship (back) in quarantine due to fears of the new COVID-19 coronavirus, is seen at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama. AFP photoOpinion
    China sneezes: How soon will the world catch a cold?

    Economically, whatever happens in China reverberates across the world. It is the global manufacturing hub.

    20 Feb 2020 8:16 PM

    Bernie Sanders (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Why, for the Democrats, Bernie clearly is the best bet

    The evaluation of Sanders still rings true 20 years later, unlike the author of those words, who has dived headlong into...

    13 Feb 2020 1:07 AM

    US President Donald Trump (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Trump’s peace ‘deal of century’: But the outrage seems missing

    The irrepressible Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy has a somewhat different take on the matter.

    5 Feb 2020 10:53 PM

    Brazils president Jair Bolsonaro (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Jair’s repertoire: Racism, misogyny, climate change

    Bolsonaro’s penchant for crudity is reminiscent of Rodrigo Duterte, but he wears with pride the tag ‘Trump of the...

    30 Jan 2020 12:36 AM

    Nazi leader Adolf Hitler. (Photo: AFP)Opinion
    World is drifting down a slippery slope that leads to ghosts of...

    The sounds of war had by then resonated for weeks, reviving the optimism of inmates who had abandoned hope long ago.

    23 Jan 2020 7:39 PM

    The vacation had to be cut short, but when Morrison visited a few of the devastated communities, many of the victims did not hesitate to convey their true feelings in chaste Aussie slang.Opinion
    Australia aflame: Doing nothing is consent for doom

    The truth was leaked even before fellow Australian tourists in Hawaii had the chance to tweet selfies with a grinning...

    16 Jan 2020 8:36 PM

    US President Donald Trump (Photo:AP)Opinion
    Trump’s call for dance of death in Middle East should go unrewarded

    The general is routinely described in the Western media as a shadowy figure, but in recent decades he had operated...

    8 Jan 2020 8:43 PM

    In Britain, had the vote been restricted to under-40s, Jeremy Corbyns Labour Party would have won a landslide.Opinion
    As 2020 dawns, a better world is implausible, not impossible

    The Occupy Wall Street movement inspired copycat protests in several countries.

    2 Jan 2020 8:36 PM

    Britains Prime Minister Boris Johnson (Photo: File)Opinion
    ‘Spectre of Corbynism’ was in essence a conspiracy

    Tomorrow’s British election offers a choice between the status quo and a potentially transformative alternative.

    11 Dec 2019 6:59 PM

    Iranian symbols have come under attack, and the myth of Tehrans mystical hold over Iraqi Shias has demonstrably been shattered.Opinion
    Season of revolts across the world is likely to continue

    Iranian symbols have come under attack, and the myth of Tehran’s mystical hold over Iraqi Shias has demonstrably been...

    4 Dec 2019 7:22 PM

    New Thailand King Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Heirs & spares: Time to retire lèse-majesté, other privileges

    It was amusing, in part, because of its hopeless — and hopefully anachronistic — misogyny.

    28 Nov 2019 7:27 PM

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