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In the frenzy for clicks, likes and shares, even the Associated Press quotes rabid anti-nuclear activist in attempt to sensationalise apocalyptic fears. The occupation of
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It is now nearly two months since the Russian invasion of Ukraine and there is no sign of an early end to the war. After
Musk’s Twitter bid sparks free speech hysterics
Elon Musk’s hostile takeover bid for social network Twitter has respectable left-wing professors clutching their pearls. Elon Musk is rich. He is ultra-rich. He is
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Earlier this month Boris Johnson’s government published a new “British energy security strategy” in terms of which “a licensing round for new North Sea oil
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The war in Ukraine symbolises autocratic governments attacking the rules-based global order. It also highlights why our leaders have failed young South Africans, as they
Orban and Hungary’s baffling stance on Ukraine, Russia and China
BUDAPEST: Hungary is a maze of contradictions. When Russia invaded Ukraine in February the populist Orban government agreed to the first round of EU/US sanctions