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What prospects for peace?
In my Talking Point for The Times of Malta, I look at the prospects for peace in Ukraine: "For the time being, they remain somewhat grim....
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Shinzo Abe (1954 - 2022)
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (1954 - 2022) was assassinated on the 8 July during a political rally. In my piece for The...
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Year three of the pandemic
As 2021 gave way to 2022, the world entered the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic. Though COVID-19 has changed our daily lives; it has...