The proxy war in Ukraine is heading to a denouement with the US and Russia dividing the spoils while the European powers stand bewildered by events they have been wilfully blind to, says KEVIN OVENDEN
Big bird
With avian flu devastating our bird populations both wild and commercial, PETER FROST looks at feathered friends large and small
One can only imagine what would happen if 2.2 million Palestinian refugees were pushed into Jordan, Egypt and other Arab countries, per Trump’s proposal, writes RAMZY BAROUD
This is the most anti-migrant government in decades, argues RAVISHAAN RAHEL MUTHIAH
VICTOR GROSSMAN reports, with a little chuckle, on how US readiness to work with Russia, not just on peace for Ukraine, has thrown a spanner into the German electoral machine
SOLOMON HUGHES probes the finances of a phoney ‘charity’ pushing the free schools and academies agenda
Freedom now for former PM Mir-Hossein Mousavi and other political prisoners
VIJAY PRASHAD examines why in 2018 Washington started to take an increasingly belligerent stance towards ‘near peer rivals’ – Russa and China – with far-reaching geopolitical effects
I’VE JUST spent a few days on the Norfolk/Suffolk border, a part of the country absolutely stuffed with egg, chicken, duck, goose — and at this time of year turkey production units.
Poultry is a long-established industry hereabouts. A century or more ago huge flocks of turkeys, geese and ducks would have their feet dipped in hot tar to make protective footwear for the over 100-mile walk to Leadenhall market in London. It was a hazardous journey. Today’s hazards seem even worse.
Everywhere we walked or drove we came across warning signs telling us to keep clear, to keep out and not to touch any birds dead or alive, wild or captive.
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