日: 2021-09-12

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Europe’s reputation as a cosmopolitan haven has been exposed as a mirage | Hans Kundnani

The EU increasingly embraces the idea of a continental identity, one that’s white and Christian. Is it really the liberal body of remainer lore?When Kabul fell in mid-August, almost the first reaction of European leaders was fear of another wave of ref…

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Lives lost, poverty, an arms race, rights destroyed … the continuing cost of 9/11

The US has now spent $8 trillion over 20 years in its response to the attacks. But the true price has been more than financialSuccessive US administrations since 2001 have spent $8tn – that’s to say $8,000bn or $8 million million – on what George Bush,…

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