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The Chinese government’s all-out effort to develop a vaccine to quell the coronavirus that has devastated the world economy after it sprang from a Wuhan wet market 14 months ago, is being met with widespread distrust and refusal of people to line up for a shot, playing into rising concerns over Chinese President Xi Jinping’s wider
What is known about the sexual predilections of the men and women of ancient Rome? What were their attitudes to extra-marital sex and same-sex relationships? And how scandalous were the Roman emperors? Author Paul Chrystal steps inside the Roman bedroom and reveals how, right from the start, sex was linked to momentous constitutional development for the Roman state...
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More than 100 international academic figures have signed an open letter accusing Singapore’s National University Press of bending to political pressure and dropping the publication of a compendium of scholars analyzing the prospects for the end of the era of the late Thai King Bhumibol
THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 2021
SCOTTISH Labour leader Richard Leonard stood down from his position with immediate effect today, just four months ahead of the Holyrood elections.
Mr Leonard, who was elected after defeating fellow MSP Anas Sarwar in 2017, became the fourth party leader
COVID-19 vaccinations are underway. Over two million people have been inoculated. Extended support has belatedly been forthcoming for the economy, albeit still with numerous blind spots. And now the government wants us to believe that thanks to their masterful stewardship we can now see light at
Joe Biden’s own language certainly sounded less like a magnanimous winner uniting his people than like that used by autocrats and dictators to hold onto power, argues Diana Johnstone.
Theme: History
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What happened in the Capitol on Jan. 6 was not surprising. It could have been avoided. It could have been prevented if the Democratic
At least partially under the radar yesterday was a move by a newly elected member of the House that has opened the door to use of Section 3 of the 14th
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