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    Trump's Miss Universe foreign policy

    News, Published on 12/05/2016

    » OK, it's easy to pick on Donald Trump's foreign policy. But just because he recently referred to the attack on the World Trade Center as happening on "7/11" -- which is a convenience store -- instead of 9/11, and just because he claimed that "I know Russia well" because he held a "major event in Russia two or three years ago -- (the) Miss Universe contest, which was a big, big, incredible event" -- doesn't make him unqualified.

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    Trump's phone tap karmic revenge?

    News, Published on 30/10/2018

    » Specific incidents can sometimes reveal much larger truths. This would seem to be the case regarding recent revelations that the Chinese have been eavesdropping on US President Donald Trump's less-than-secure phone calls and using the information gathered as part of an elaborate plot to influence the president.

  • News & article

    Foreign fiscal fiasco

    News, Postbag, Published on 15/05/2017

    » Re: "20-year plan draws out military rule", (BP, May 13).

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    Ancient Greeks outsourced battles

    Sunday Spotlight, Published on 20/11/2022

    » Wherever there is an out-of-the-way war, there will be mercenaries -- hired fighters whose only common bond may be a hunger for adventure. Some join foreign armies or rebel forces because they believe in the cause; others sign on because the price is right.

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    Google trial's secrecy seen as dangerous

    Oped, Published on 08/12/2023

    » The largest antitrust trial of the modern internet era, which wrapped up last month, has pitted the world's most popular search engine, Google, against the United States Department of Justice (DOJ). The case hearkens back to the DOJ's landmark lawsuit against Microsoft in the 1990s but with a critical difference: most of it was held behind closed doors. This unprecedented secrecy meant that only journalists and observers who were physically in the courtroom had access -- albeit limited -- to the proceedings.

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    Honour models for democracy

    News, Editorial, Published on 18/12/2022

    » Since the 1998 ouster of the dictator Suharto -- who ruled Indonesia with an iron fist for over three decades -- the world's fourth most populous nation has undergone a series of rapid changes. Once dependent on foreign aid to exercise its basic functions, Indonesia has firmly established itself as a major economic player in the Asia-Pacific region, with the distinction of being the only Southeast Asian economy to be included in the Group of 20.

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    Tuna-obsessed Tunisia in a fish funk

    Sunday Spotlight, Published on 23/07/2023

    » Perhaps you are one of the more than 5,000 subscribers to "Popping Tins," an email newsletter devoted exclusively to tinned seafood. Perhaps you belong to a tinned-fish-of-the-month club, or have leafed through a tinned-fish-focused cookbook that tells you how best to cook a food already cooked.

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    Foolish pride

    News, Postbag, Published on 21/05/2023

    » Re: "MFP victory one for the history books", (Opinion, May 20).

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    How to run a fashion magazine in China

    Sunday Spotlight, Published on 19/03/2023

    » Two years ago, when Conde Nast announced that Margaret Zhang would be the next editor-in-chief of Vogue China, many in the fashion media were taken aback.

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    Let your starlight shine

    Life, Arusa Pisuthipan, Published on 17/01/2023

    » Veteran actress Michelle Yeoh gave an impressive, emotional acceptance speech at the 80th Golden Globe Awards last week in Beverly Hills, California.

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