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Xiong’an is being built on a stretch of nondescript agricultural land about three times the size of New York City. The site ...

Undeterred by Napoleon’s brief return to power in 1815, Alexander sought to confirm his status as Europe’s saviour with the ...

Only eight years earlier, Henry IV had deposed his cousin Richard II, who died in custody soon afterwards. Richard’s rule was ...

I’m paying for the ride.’ In his documentary Made in England (2024), Scorsese remembers ‘repeatedly and obsessively’ watching ...

Last month, the Rwanda-backed March 23 Movement set up shadow administrations in key areas it has conquered in the ...

But the search for allies is an inevitable component of electoralism, especially in Germany with its system of mixed ...

In American understanding, the Cold War was an ideological confrontation between freedom and democracy, on the one ...

One day I was summoned to the offices of the two Iranian-American brothers who owned the company and offered a massive pay ...

Entire families in Gaza have been killed together in their homes in unprecedented numbers; experts have found that, during ...

The binary of before and after a particular military event is often misleading when it comes to the experience of those who lived through it. For Jews and members of the Resistance, the days and weeks ...

Thom Dyke is a barrister and a member of the Bar Human Rights Committee.