Nothing is ever quite what it seems to be when it comes to Dubai, a very sunny place full of very shady characters in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This shiny modern metropolis, built at fabulous expense, is a magnet for the world’s intelligence agents, dodgy businessmen and rich people …
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The collapse of the Afghan government during the summer of 2021 will go down in history as an event with little precedent; its closest modern antecedent is the fall of the Shah in Iran in 1978-79. The ability of the United States to pour resources into a cause which, in …
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That’s according to Alexey Kudrin, the head of Russia’s Accounts Chamber, the parliamentary body that oversees the country’s finances. Kudrin is also a former deputy prime minister and served as the minister of finance. In his opinion, Russia should stop focusing on domestic consumption and turn its focus to exports, …
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“Communism is a failed system, a universally failed system. I don’t see socialism as a very useful substitute, but that’s another story,” Biden told a reporter on Thursday, answering a question on Cuba during his joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who was visiting Washington. “Cuba is unfortunately …
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This week, when asked whether the US mission in Afghanistan was a failure as American and NATO troops handed over Bagram airfield to the Afghan army, President Joe Biden replied by citing purportedly achieved goals: “One, to bring Osama bin Laden to the gates of hell as I said at …
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It gives me a warm, fuzzy feeling to see the snooty Royal Academy squirming after backtracking on its decision to take artist Jess de Wahls’ embroidered, iron-on patches off sale in its gift shop after eight people complained about a historic transphobic blog post. The RA had caved in to …
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As a GP working mainly with elderly patients in care homes and intermediate care I witnessed, at first hand, the absolute disaster that was the government policy at the start of the Covid-19 outbreak. Elderly patients who were Covid-19 positive, or not tested, or perhaps even negative, were simply shovelled …
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Back in mid-March, when tensions between Arabs and Jews spilled into clashes and riots all over Israel and particularly in the cities with mixed populations, a group of Jewish radicals congregated on Telegram. There, the group shared hate messages against Arab Israelis and Palestinians in a chat titled “Death to …
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‘Sport 2050’ is the BBC’s latest attempt to ratchet up its viewers’ fear levels, using fictional sports news from the year 2050 to demonstrate just how seriously climate change allegedly threatens to impact the sporting world. By highlighting its effect on sport, the BBC states that it hopes to reach …
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Mayweather Promotions has filed a lawsuit against PAC Entertainment Worldwide alleging a breach of an agreement to stage the eight-round clash with Paul in Dubai in 2021. An original date of February 20 was scrapped and the venue has been changed to Miami, with Mayweather Promotions said to be seeking the vast sum in damages as part of …
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