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Global economy braces for Israel-Hamas spillover
A wider Middle East war would hit an already fragile and fragmented economy.
The war on drugs is a fight with no winners
A humanitarian intervention is needed to reform a punitive system that does not produce the desired results
Truss is the Tory Corbyn: How the Conservative Party will destroy itself
Liz Truss has the support of 62% of the Conservative Party members who anoint the next prime minister
Trump and Nunes torch tradition of trust between Congress and FBI
FBI Director Christopher Wray spoke out against Trump’s wishes about releasing the memo after he failed to convince the White House to block it
Trump’s ‘madman’ rhetoric may have scared North Korea to talks — analysts
Washington has held several joint exercises with allies South Korea and Japan this year, and deployed three aircraft carriers to the area
Watergate ‘plumber’ Bernard Barker dead at 92
On June 7 1972, Washington police arrested five men inside the headquarters of the Democratic party at the Watergate building.
Watergate’s ‘Deep Throat’ remained enigma to the end
Mark Felt, who has died at the age of 95, was appalled by the sleazy echoes of the pseudonym jokingly wished on him by Howard Simons.
Mark Felt, Watergate’s ‘Deep Throat’, dead at 95
Mark Felt, who has died at the age of 95, was appalled by the sleazy echoes of the pseudonym jokingly wished on him by Howard Simons.
‘We got the truth out. Isn’t that what the FBI should do?’
The death of Mark Felt, better known as Deep Throat, added a postscript on Friday to an era of political skulduggery and journalistic endeavour.
‘Top nameless source in US history’ dies
Mark Felt, the mysterious source who helped Washington Post reporters crack the Watergate scandal, has died at age 95.
What will happen to losers of White House race?
One may wind up as the first woman to lead the United States Senate. Another is relatively young and could run again for president. The third may simply resume his role as a…
US candidates switch into negative attack mode
Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama on Tuesday heightened the rancour of their Monday debate by attacking each other’s record and style, bringing what has become a mean-spirited and…
Malawi ends ties with Taiwan in favour of China
Malawi has cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan after 41 years and established links with China, which has become a major economic power in Africa. ”We have decided to switch from…
How Nixon showed pity for ‘the world’s loneliest man’
In 1974 Richard Nixon, the United States president, was ready to support the release on humanitarian grounds of prisoner number seven, but his efforts were thwarted by unwavering…
Alan Greenspan criticises Bush in new book
Former Federal Reserve chairperson Alan Greenspan, in a memoir to be released on Monday, criticised President George Bush and congressional Republicans for abandoning fiscal…