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My house is your house

Since early 2022, the Serbian government has bestowed citizenship “in the interest of the republic” on more than 330 people, including 204 Russian nationals, according to a new joint investigation by iStories and the Crime and Corruption Reporting Network (KRIK). A Serbian passport grants entry into the European Union and …

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No Winners in Trump’s Anti-China Posture

During his first term in office, President Donald Trump’s anti-China policies seemed as aggressive and assertive as they are now. Paradoxically, though those centered around a totally different issue, they certainly had a negative impact on US, Trump himself and of course greater part of the world. Yes, this was …

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Is Trump a Neanderthal?

It may be a politically incorrect to say it, but desperate times require words commensurate with the existential threat of Donald Trump in his 80th day in office. English is the only language that turned Neanderthals, the long extinct Paleolithic hominin, into an insult and epithet. Since the naming of …

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Why Europe’s Far Right Can’t Be Tamed

Italy’s Meloni and the False Promise of Moderation As a far-right tide sweeps across the Atlantic, European liberal democrats are searching for a strategy. Some believe that they should erect stronger firewalls by refusing to join coalitions that include the far right to prevent its leaders from gaining political power. …

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Gaza Mourns Amid Ceasefire Collapse and Paramedic Massacre

Since the breakdown of the ceasefire in Gaza on March 18, the embattled population has weathered renewed attacks on civilian populations and a massacre of humanitarian workers. In between the atrocities, Eid al-Fitr, the holy celebration at the end of Ramadan, brought mourning rather than festivities. UN Secretary-General António Guterres …

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