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What Trump’s re-election could mean for global security and American foreign policy
If Donald Trump re-enters the White House after the 5 November elections, countries like Russia, China, Iran and North Korea will be delighted
Henry Kissinger, singular US diplomat, dead at 100
While Kissinger’s intellectual gifts were begrudgingly acknowledged, he remains deeply controversial for his ruthless philosophy of realpolitik
Borders can’t stem migrants’ search for a better life
Young Vietnamese driven by poverty, made worse by climate change, became traffickers’ victims
Unmaking the mines of Mekong
Feeling blindly in the murk, brave divers are slowly defusing the river bombs of Cambodia.
‘Napalm girl’ a victim without a name
In the picture, the girl will always be nine years old and wailing "Too hot! Too hot!" as she runs away from her burning Vietnamese village.
Anniversaries from ‘unhistory’
The way we remember the past often illuminates what we choose to forget.
Muhammad Ali set to celebrate 70th in Kentucky
Muhammad Ali is returning to his former hometown of Louisville, Kentucky to celebrate a milestone — his 70th birthday.
Hollywood’s new censors
Film critics rarely question the corporate control exhibited in movies such as <i>Munich</i>, which endorse Israeli policy.
Breadwinners face dark legacy of decades-old war
Unexploded cluster bombs scattered across Laos have left thousands of injured breadwinners helpless since the Vietnam War ended in 1975.
W and I
Oliver Burkeman speaks to Oliver Stone about his new movie, W about US president George W Bush.
McCain rebuts assault on war record
John McCain, accorded hero status because of his years as a prisoner of war in Vietnam, has hit back against a challenge to his security credentials.