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Stuart McGurk in The New Statesman: hen Detective Constable Rebecca Mason first visited the Hertfordshire flat of Alan Baldwin in November 2020, months after lockdowns had begun and each of
Continue readingHow One Detective Took on an International Network of Romance Fraudsters
Lawrence Lessig at Slate: Donald Trump is an astoundingly dangerous candidate for president. He is a pathological liar, with clear authoritarian instincts. Were he elected to a second term, the
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A ‘videotorial’ (an editorial opinion, view using existing videos, images, data, etc.) ~curated by Irshad Salim:
By ONLOOKER: The mishandling of Baloch protestors in Islamabad on December 20-21, and its media coverage is the gravest fiasco by the caretaker government and the State machinery combined. It
Will Entry Visa Be Given Upon Arrival IF you Swim to USA from PAKISTAN …and in a Straight Line? This is called ‘rhumb line’, a naval mind says. FEATURED VIDEO:
THE hour has come for officialdom to recognize that its actions are beginning to remind citizens of police states. Frequent internet bans, a long-favored coercive practice that reeks of a
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by Carol A Westbrook: It all began about 4.5 billion years ago, give or take a few millennia. The earth was still young, having been formed by the accretion of
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“Just as Yuval Noah Harari had envisioned”, wrote Mani Shankar Ayar in The Week in November. Some may agree/some disagree on Ayar’s take dovetailing it to Harari’s book 21 Lessons
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Marco D’Eramo in Sidecar: Aux armes, citoyens! So begins the refrain of ‘La Marseillaise’, adopted as the French national anthem by the Revolutionary Convention of 1795. No longer serfs, nor subjects,
IRSHAD SALIM: As I work on the 3rd of many comments and observations I have on the Dhaka Debacle, I am re-posting below Part 1 & 2 of my views
The UN Security Council has welcomed the cease-fire between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas and called for full adherence to the cessation of hostilities –the ceasefire holds for third day as
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Maldives has suspended all relations with Israel, following the atrocities committed against the people of Palestine. On Tuesday, President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih said via Twitter that the people of Maldives
Continue readingMaldives Suspends all Ties With Israel, Including Ban on Israeli Products