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As the longest-serving heir to the throne in British history, King Charles III had a great deal of time to set out his thoughts. He wrote books and made speeches on a number of subjects and they give a real insight into his mind. Some of the things he discussed were ordinary and domestic. He has unique views on horticulture and architecture, for example, which are of little
The death of Queen Elizabeth II of the UK and 14 other Commonwealth realms was not unexpected, but it was still a shock. Few of her subjects can remember a time without her. She reigned for 70 years, longer than any other British monarch. No living prime minister — from John Major, who took office in 1990, to Liz Truss, who did so only this week — has known anything in
The prime minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, last month made a demand of the outgoing UN high commissioner for human rights. She told Michelle Bachelet, as she toured the refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, where more than a million displaced Rohingya are housed, that they must return to the country that expelled them and committed a genocide against them.
Once again, American and European negotiators gather to try to reach terms with Iran. They hope to prevent the country from acquiring nuclear weapons, which it has been on the threshold of doing for months, if not years. Any optimism felt by the negotiators at the beginning of the process has long since gone. Each week is called a vital one by all concerned and a deal is
Last week marked five years since the start of the most recent stage of the genocide in Myanmar against the Rohingya. It was on Aug. 25, 2017, that Myanmar’s armed forces, the Tatmadaw, began what it described as “clearance operations” in Rohingya villages in Rakhine state. This is a terrible euphemism for vicious activity. Thousands of Rohingya were murdered outright, shot by