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T HE FEDERAL government’s assault on Minneapolis continues but, for the past few days, it is Donald Trump’s shock-and-awe ...
When Mr Xi talks of promoting the “Yan’an spirit”, he is not suggesting a need for similar bloodletting—Mao’s orgy of ...
Attacks from the left imagine a very different city. Rather than a woke hellscape, it is immiserated by fat cats who ate all ...
If it refuses to make a deal, he said, the next attack would be “far worse” than the raids on Iran’s nuclear sites last year.
Coupang’s problems started in November when it revealed that a former employee in China had gained access to data on about ...
A recent poll by YouGov found that 61% of Britons now see London as unsafe (up from 39% in 2014). This rises to 85% among ...
Its stockmarket’s decline has been extreme: in 2025 London fell out of the top 20 markets for initial public offerings, ...
A non-violent network of activists is forming across America ...
O n January 25th tearful crowds bade farewell to Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei, twin pandas at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo. Some 110,000 people ...
A shrine of toys and flowers sits near the spot where 25 people were killed. Many locals worry as much about their governor’s ...