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Netanyahu and Trump In today’s turbulent political landscape, certain figures offer themselves as bulwarks, as defenders of a way of life. Among the loudest are Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump, who have each, in their own contexts, cultivated a vocal base of Christian support. They posture as warriors for Christian values, as allies in a …
Donald J. Trump has finally achieved what no Silicon Valley billionaire, CERN physicist or Marvel villain could manage: he has dragged the 18th century kicking and screaming into the 21st. In one bold, historically illiterate swoop, he has colonised Venezuela. Not with redcoats and cannons, of course—that would be gauche—but with helicopter gunships, special forces …
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In the months before the 2023 general election, Nigeria experienced what theologians would classify as a minor miracle: agreement among politicians. Peter Obi agreed. Atiku Abubakar agreed. Bola Ahmed Tinubu agreed. Even the petroleum marketers — professional parasites — agreed. Petrol subsidy had to go. Not because of economic enlightenment, but because subsidy had become …
In a move that has shocked absolutely everyone who has ever read the news, the UK Government has boldly stepped in to regulate the one thing we all thought was a bastion of unimpeachable realism: online pornography. The new legislation, part of the Online Safety Act, aims to ban a specific act deemed too violent …
JOHANNESBURG, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Ideas of white racial superiority are a threat to South Africa's post-apartheid unity, its sovereignty and its diplomatic relations, President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Monday, calling for global efforts to debunk false stories about white persecution. Ramaphosa was speaking at a conference of the co-ruling African National Congress (ANC), the …
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