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SIR – I have nothing but admiration for the work Dame Esther Rantzen has done in the name of protecting vulnerable children over her lifetime. But along with many others in the Parents for a Smartphone-free Childhood movement, I respectfully disagree with her response to a call for a ban on smartphones and social media for children (report, February 17). She says that children need smartphones to access help for their mental well-being. But children need mental-health services more than ever pre

The dispute over the British Indian Ocean Territory, otherwise known as the Chagos Islands, is more than a matter of marginal importance. It raises profound questions about the vital work being done by the UK and the United States to support international security, the growing influence of China in the Indo-Pacific region, and misuse of the law by a Commonwealth country for political reasons.

The dispute over the British Indian Ocean Territory, otherwise known as the Chagos Islands, is more than a matter of marginal importance. It raises profound questions about the vital work being done by the UK and the United States to support international security, the growing influence of China in the Indo-Pacific region, and misuse of the law by a Commonwealth country for political reasons.

Israel braces for interim ICJ ruling on South Africa’s Gaza genocide allegation. Plus, Biden pauses carbon ‘mega bomb’ natural gas exports.

Consortium News this month is paying tribute to the life and work of John Pilger, an all-time great journalist who died on Dec. 30. Today we republish an essay he wrote in April 2019 just after the arrest of Julian Assange.    Real journalism is being criminalized by thugs in plain sight, says John