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Hong Kong Applications for BNO Visa Jumped During Covid Outbreak
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Currency Slump, 132% Inflation No Cause for ‘Panic’ in Zimbabwe
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Therese Raphael
Boris Johnson Nicks a Big Idea from Labour to Save Himself – for Now
Appropriating the windfall-tax proposal has all the subtlety of a desperate chess move. The arithmetic will come back to haunt the Tories.
Gearoid Reidy
Tourists and the Japanese Art of Pandemic Envy
Japan is debating when and how to take off masks. The country should proceed cautiously.
Ramesh Ponnuru
The Gun Debate Needs to Break Old Patterns
Assault-weapons bans and other familiar proposals would have little effect, and therefore have lukewarm public support. Advocates should focus on practical measures, like red-flag laws.
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Biden Angers China With Taiwan Comments
President Joe Biden said the US would defend Taiwan militarily if it was attacked, that upset China. Bloomberg's Joe Mathieu reports on the President's trip to Asia. (Source: Bloomberg)
Biden Says Putin Trying to Erase Ukraine Culture
Biden Says US Is Committed to Indo-Pacific for the Long Haul
Biden Says US Recession Is Not Inevitable
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