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On one side, Achille Mbembe, Dirk Moses, and some others argue that distinguishing the Holocaust from other violent crimes in human history is Eurocentric, and neglects the horror of colonialist crimes. On the other side, Saul Friedlander, Juergen Habermas, and others insist on the unique character of the Holocaust. I …

Having spent nearly 40 years of my life in policing, a lot of it as a Metropolitan Police detective, during which time I investigated, among other high-profile cases, the disappearance and assumed murder of the estate agent Suzy Lamplugh, the initial reports of the disappearance of Sarah Everard from a …

In an official statement issued on Tuesday, Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that growing tensions between the two sides are going “from bad to worse.” The top official also emphasized that NATO has taken it on itself to keep peace in the disputed region and cautioned that failure to …

Speaking at a gathering outside the US Capitol on Wednesday, Waters demanded asylum for over 14,000 Haitians that have illegally crossed the US-Mexican border in Del Rio, Texas. “What we witnessed takes us back hundreds of years… worse than what we witnessed in slavery,” said Waters. “Cowboys with their reins …

It has to be an irony above all ironies that the same man who, back in 1992, celebrated the demise of the Soviet “puppet regime” in Kabul ended up leading a US puppet regime there. Except, whereas Dr. Najibullah ruled for three years after the last Soviet soldier crossed the …

Those who remain unvaccinated, Fauci claimed in a Sunday interview with MSNBC, are responsible for the coronavirus mutating, which has led to the delta variant, which health officials have continuously warned is partly behind the mass rise in cases and could lead to another surge in the fall. “There’s a …

An estimated 23 million children worldwide missed their routine immunizations in 2020, the two UN agencies announced on Wednesday, with the Eastern Mediterranean and South-East Asia most affected. Even as everyone focuses on Covid-19 jabs, “we have gone backwards on other vaccinations, leaving children at risk from devastating but preventable …

Hyperbole is often commonplace within political theater. Many politicians know the worth of being able to tell a story or fashion an argument by using terms that will cause an emotional reaction. There are those who consider it dirty, but some of the best presidents in history were wonderful at …

This year’s record-high daily increase of 52 cases was reported on Saturday in the country’s most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), which includes Sydney, a city of over five million people. “The only conclusion we can draw is that things are going to get worse before they get better,” …

Aside from despair, that situation bred creativity as well. Ruthless irony produced much dark humor and some good films, such as ‘Dr. Strangelove’. Dystopian fantasy looked forward to a world that would be a wasteland, but featured excitingly souped-up cars and statuesque rock stars in revealing chainmail suits, such as …