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Madeleine Albright, the former US Secretary of State, once called Slovakia "the black hole at the heart of Europe," which seems a harsh judgement on five million Slovaks.
It has not been a good week for Israel's Prime Minister Binyamin 'Bibi' Netanyhu, chief decision-maker in the war in the Gaza Strip that has already cost at least 35,000 civilian deaths.
"History repeats itself -- the first time as tragedy, the second time as farce," said Karl Marx. He was talking about European history, of course, and here it comes again, a century later, doing a tribute act to the 1920s.
Extreme nationalism always looks foolish or even deranged to those who have not caught the virus, but in India it's now official.
The crisis in Senegal, the one country in West Africa that has never had a military coup, has passed. Few people outside Africa were paying close attention, but I'm sure you will be pleased to know that democracy has survived.
It may seem that the violence and chaos that have gripped Haiti are finally being addressed. The unelected acting president nobody wanted, Ariel Henry, has resigned.
Shock Horror! Anthropocene Cancelled! We're back in the Holocene! Man the Pumps!
Not all that long ago, attacking another country's territory was still seen as a big deal.
The key debate on the last day of the COP28 climate summit was about whether or not the conference should endorse a resolution...
There are really three parties to the 'pause' -- nobody is officially using the word 'ceasefire' -- that brings at least a temporary end to the fighting in the Gaza Strip.
The Armenians are a people of great antiquity -- the first Armenian kingdom was in the 8th century BC -- but they grew up in a tough neighbourhood, and they have been in retreat for a very long time.
The Armenians are a people of great antiquity -- the first Armenian kingdom was in the 8th century BC -- but they grew up in a tough neighbourhood, and they have been in retreat for a very long time.
The Armenians are a people of great antiquity -- the first Armenian kingdom was in the 8th century BC -- but they grew up in a tough neighbourhood, and they have been in retreat for a very long time.
The Armenians are a people of great antiquity -- the first Armenian kingdom was in the 8th century BC -- but they grew up in a tough neighbourhood, and they have been in retreat for a very long time.