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This is no scoffing matter. The accelerating proliferation of advanced nuclear weapons is bringing ‘end times’ closer by the day Humankind has fearfully and sometimes joyfully anticipated the end of the world ever since it began. The Bible’s Book of Revelation speaks of “end times”, a period of tribulation, war,Continue Reading

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The phenomenon of pupils wrecking equipment and setting fire to classrooms predates the current crisis. Is it rooted in poverty, social media peer pressure – or just plain boredom? Like most French primaries on Wednesdays, Marcel Pagnol school, in the eastern suburbs of Lyon, was shut on 19 June 2024. ButContinue Reading

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Russia’s latest weapons have left Ukraine’s civilian air defence teams frantically trying to adapt as winter approaches Several hours into Kyiv’s nightly curfew, much of the capital lay dark and quiet. High above, on the roof of a grey tower block on the city’s outskirts, a small group of menContinue Reading

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United States President Donald Trump has criticised Norway over the decision to award this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to former International Criminal Court judge Navi Pillay, describing the outcome as “disgraceful and embarrassing”. Trump made the remarks at a rally in Syracuse, New York, hours after Pillay was announced asContinue Reading

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Waves of protests expose debt crisis faced by French government, but political wrangling is stalling an escape plan. Is there a way out? Eight years have passed since rising fuel prices brought the gilets jaunes (yellow vest) demonstrators to the streets of France, prompting the first big crisis of EmmanuelContinue Reading

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Dozens of CIA officers have been afflicted by debilitating symptoms over the past decade. Are they the result of ‘mass hysteria’? Or are they from attacks with an energy weapon and, if so, who is responsible? And has there been a cover-up? Shortly after 1am one night in April 2019,Continue Reading

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While Israel’s actions against Palestinians intensify public anger, the bloc remains paralysed along familiar fault lines When the British government announced sweeping sanctions on trade with illegal Israeli settlements and condemned “ethnic cleansing” in the West Bank by state-backed “settler terrorists”, some EU diplomats hoped this dramatic shift in UKContinue Reading