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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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
Continue readingBy 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
Continue readingBy 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
Continue readingBy 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
Continue readingBy 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
Continue readingBy William J. Furney We had an hour, in March and then, this week, a day. To save an imperiled planet that so far is our only home in the
Continue readingBy William J. Furney The supposedly most powerful nation on the planet cannot stop its people from being killed en masse by rifles, pistols, assault rifles, submachine guns and a
Continue readingBy William J. Furney Using fingers and thumbs to bash out messages on our phones may soon seem archaic and even, one day, primitive, if spaceman Elon Musk gets his
Continue readingBy William J. Furney Almost everyone agrees it’s a case of when, not if, another catastrophic pandemic will erupt, killing millions more and bringing the world to a shuddering halt
Continue readingBy William J. Furney Where is Aung San Suu Kyi, and does anyone care? The thousands taking to the streets of Myanmar, risking their lives and losing them — including
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