Currently in its sixth lockdown since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, Melbourne has now officially become the lockdown champion – this is according to local media, which reported that the city has spent a total of 235 days in lockdown, surpassing the benchmark set by Argentina’s Buenos Aires, which …
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The lasting effects of the Taliban’s rapid re-conquest of Afghanistan, ending with their seizure of the city in the middle of August, are still unfolding. What comes next for the country, and for its place in the world, is still to be decided. One piece of wishful thinking already debunked …
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