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Ewan White
A fixture of British politics for four decades, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn was born in Wiltshire in 1949. His father David, an electrical…
It has almost become the new Washington consensus: decades of growing economic openness have hurt American workers, increased inequality, and gutted…
In recent years, a number of authoritarian governments have begun taking data very seriously. Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi…
For all the acrimony in Washington today, the city’s foreign policy establishment is settling on a rare bipartisan consensus: that the world has…
The 1947 partition of India made it evident that sectarianism was going to plague the subcontinent for the foreseeable future. Fast forward 70 years…
Protests in Iraq have exposed long-simmering resentment at Iran’s influence in the country, with demonstrators targeting Shia political parties and…
It is no coincidence that the people of the three countries controlled by the Iranian regime have taken to the streets together. Iran has been…
November 15
An amazing murmuration of starlings appears in the sky on November 6, 2019 in Gretna Green, Scotland. The spectacular displays take place during the winter months in the UK before the birds land to roost. (Getty)
A woman walks past WWII-era artillery guns at the colonnade of the Museum of the Great Patriotic War at Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow on October 31, 2019. (Getty)
Iraqi protesters gather on al-Jumhuriya bridge which leads to the high-security Green Zone, during ongoing anti-government demonstrations in the capital Baghdad. (Getty)
Medical volunteers help wash spray paint from a woman's eye as people attend a singing rally in Tsim Sha Tsui district in Hong Kong on November 2, 2019. (Getty)
A wild elephant stops a car on a road at Khao Yai National Park in Thailand's Nakhon Ratchasima province. (Getty)
Anti-government protesters place candles by razor wire outside the government headquarters in Riadh Al Solh square, on November 6, 2019 in Martyrs' Square, Beirut, Lebanon. (Getty)
Every culture has a myriad of folktales that have been passed down from one generation to the next, mostly through oration…
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Can US-Russian diplomacy end the wars in Ukraine and Iran?
