Defending Taiwan: US is committed to standing by its ally in the face of threats from China.
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Beijing has reacted to the withdrawal with the message that the US can’t be trusted as an ally.
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Over 130 hours of conversations with older people reveal the truth of what it’s like to get old and how to cope with loneliness.
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The government proposes to fix social care and rescue the NHS in one go. The levy it proposes risks only scratching the surface
All that remains: the Manhattan skyline seen across the debris of the World Trade Center at the Fresh Kills landfill, January 2002.
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What happened to the debris and human remains from the ruins of the World Trade Center?
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Instead of a prison sentence for possessing bomb-making material, Ben John will be expected to read classic novels and report back to the judge about what he learns.
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The first modern, lethal drone strike took place one month after 9/11. Twenty years later, our view of warfare and military personnel has completely changed.
Everyday life continues in Kabul, but conflict continues across Afghanistan.
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Afghanistan remains deeply divided, with a number of warlords who could make it hard for the Taliban to control the country.
Taliban patrol the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.
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The regime knows it must adapt to the modern world – but its ideology remains the same.
Losing support: Japanese prime minster Yoshihide Suga.
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The Japanese prime minister has announced he will not seek re-election as party leader ahead of a general election later this year.
Nightclubs in Scotland will require vaccine certification for entry soon.
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By putting the onus on individuals to decide if they want to be double vaccinated to attend events, the Scottish government can claim it is being proportionate.
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A recent court decision and another case in the pipeline could overturn Roe v. Wade and make abortion illegal in the US.
There are real differences between generations – but none of them relate to avocado toast.
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Tropes around woke warriors and their heartless parents get us nowhere.
Inequality is highly persistent in South Africa.
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Inequality within developing countries continues to rise.
Afghan refugees preparing to board a South Korean flight in Kabul.
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Everyone has the right to have a country to seek asylum, but it will need international cooperation to get the Taliban to honour this right.
Women light candles at a vigil for the victims of the Keyham mass shooting in Plymouth.
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Jake Davison’s legally owned weapon was seized in the months before he killed five people – but it was soon returned to him.
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A new analysis shows how government policy led to thousands more overcrowded households in the years ahead of the pandemic.
Gambling advertising is now more interactive online.
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An upcoming review of gambling legislation must consider powerful new styles of gambling advertising.
Scottish Green co-leaders Patrick Harvie and Lorna Slater are the UK’s first green party ministers.
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A green party is in government in the UK for the first time.
‘We will make you pay’: Joe Biden responds to the deadly attacks at Kabul airport, August 2021.
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Joe Biden had long thought that the US engagement in Afghanistan was a mistake.
In charge: a Taliban fighter providing security at Kabul airport, August 2021.
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Various armed groups operating in Afghanistan will contest Taliban hegemony.
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Debates about Kashmir and party policy mask a deeper problem of complacency and disconnect.
A mural in Afghanistan protests at the mob killing of Fakunda Malikzada: ‘Fakhunda’s murder is a stain on all Afghan men’.
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Researchers have interviewed hundreds of Afghan women about violence and mental health.
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The union has long had very close ties with Labour but its new leader wants to get ‘back to the workplace’.
Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid (centre) talks with journalists during a press conference in Kabul, August 17 2021.
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The Taliban has promised an ‘inclusive’ new government. But early signs aren’t promising.
The Taliban on patrol in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, in late August 2021.
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Two Afghan researchers explain what led to the emergence of the Taliban in the 1990s and why that history is crucial to understand what’s happening now. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.