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Portuguese court orders ex-PM Sócrates to stand trial for money laundering
LISBON — A Portuguese judge on Friday ordered ex-Prime Minister José Sócrates to stand trial for money laundering and falsifying…
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Myanmar on the Brink of State Failure
In a briefing to the UN Security Council’s 9 April 2021 ‘Arria-Formula’ Meeting on the situation in Myanmar, Crisis Group’s…
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Japan takes the lead in cleaning up orbiting space junk
Japanese companies are testing innovative solutions to eradicate the threat. Julian Ryall Deutsche Welle Fragments of man-made debris are currently…
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Joint Declaration of the Southeast Asian People-to-People Region Hall on the Crisis in Myanmar
Convened by President José Ramos-Horta and Dr Dino Patti Djalal, Chairman of Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia Thursday, 8 April…
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Charities, power and politics
If we are to build the kind of Australia we want to live in, it is now, during the lead…
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Warning to wealthiest countries – deliver on climate finance promises for Cop26 to succeed
Wealthier countries must deliver on climate finance promises they made to the developing world for the UK-hosted Cop26 to be…
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Why Did Russia Send More S-400 Missile Defense Systems to the Arctic?
Russia is adding more S-400 air defense systems to the Arctic in what can be seen as an overt effort…
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Why America Must Lead Again
By nearly every measure, the credibility and influence of the United States in the world have diminished since President Barack…
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What we can do to stop Indigenous deaths in custody
This is a national crisis deserving national attention and urgent action. Hannah McGlade The Age The federal government is claiming…
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Australian not-for-profits: Commission shouldn’t be granted extra power
It’s statistically highly improbable that any group of 3 million people is going to be entirely free of chancers, cheats,…
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New Laws Further Stifle Freedom of Speech in Belarus
On April 2, Belarus’ parliament moved forward eight bills, including a raft of amendments to the country’s Mass Media Law…
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A First-Hand View of 70 Years of China-US Relations
Few people have experienced the ups and down of China-U.S. relations as closely, and for as long, as Dr. Chi…
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The Abraham Accords hold the key to Biden’s East Med policy
This occurred on the heels of the historic February visit to Israel by Egyptian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources,…
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With Infrastructure, Can Biden Win Just by Going Big?
But it’s hardly definitive. Bill Scher Washington Monthly And it may not be enough to galvanize left, right and center…
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Why the Khalistan Separatist Movement Is Neither Sikh Nor Liberal
Ιndia has long suffered from separatist movements, e.g., Nagaland and Mizoram in the northeast and Kashmir and Punjab in the…
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What Eritrea Wants
This week on The Horn, Alan Boswell is joined by author and scholar, Harry Verhoeven, to discuss Eritrea’s re-emerging role in…
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