By William J. Furney It’s the most difficult challenge of our time, and there’s one question every country on the
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What’s Bugging China?
By William J. Furney It’s the most difficult challenge of our time, and there’s one question every country on the planet wants an answer to — except one, unless it
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Cuba’s Reawakening: ¡Viva La (Nueva) Revolución!
By William J. Furney With Fidel gone and Raúl in retirement, there’s no longer a Castro cult of personality to keep the people of Cuba warm at night on their
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A Summer of Hope, and a Winter of Despair
By William J. Furney So far it’s mostly been a typical washout of a summer in England, which should surprise no one living there, but still it does. A few
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After Costly Afghanistan Misadventure, More Disaster Looms
By William J. Furney After two decades in war-ravaged Afghanistan, the United States has had enough and, under orders from President Biden, packed up and left this week, surely hoping
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Conversations with Skulls
By William J. Furney In an airy, high-ceilinged room with creepily creaking floorboards in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, the scenic capital of the tiny volcanic island that’s part of
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‘Transcendental Meditation Is for Everyone, Not Just Celebrities’
Dr Gemma Beckley is a director and teacher with The Meditation Trust, a British charity working to make Transcendental Meditation (TM) — which originated in India and gained fame in
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A Chinese ‘Dystopia’ The UN Ignores
By William J. Furney The Chinese authorities have created a dystopian hellscape on a staggering scale in Xinjiang. Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other Muslim minorities face crimes against humanity and other
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Is Air Travel About to Experience a Revolutionary Boom?
By William J. Furney It’s all about speed and today’s crop of jetliners just don’t measure up. So says new US aviation firm Boom Supersonic. The Denver-based company’s mission is
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The Joy of Running
By William J. Furney I became famous in and around my village in Ireland in recent years for running along its scenic country roads; people stopped me in shops and
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Introduce Beefy Meat Tax to Prevent Another Pandemic
By William J. Furney The pandemic we’re still embroiled in, more than a year on, is this century’s “Chernobyl moment”, says a report into the global health catastrophe published this
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