World News Weekly – An SBS World News Podcast
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World News Weekly is the SBS News podcast that makes sense of the biggest international stories of the week. Hosted by SBS Chief International Correspondent Ben Lewis and International Correspondent Claudia Farhart, each episode goes beyond the breaking news to examine the politics, conflicts, elections and social change shaping our world, along with the science and technology breakthroughs affecting everyday life. New episodes every Thursday on the SBS Audio app, Apple Podcasts, Spotify and SBS News.
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US midterms: Trump’s Republican party gets a drubbing
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Nov 05, 2026 |
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‘In Israel, it’s always a surprise’: Can Netanyahu, the ultimate survivor, do it again?
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Oct 29, 2026 |
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Australian MP injured in alleged attack, Europe rocked by riots
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Oct 22, 2026 |
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'Putin does not read Truth Social': Has Trump fuelled a major win for Russia?
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Oct 15, 2026 |
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‘The vanguard of disenchantment’: Brazil’s election takes a turn
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Oct 12, 2026 |
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Did Donald Trump bend the knee to Xi?
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Oct 01, 2026 |
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Trump threatens to 'annihilate' Iran
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Sep 24, 2026 |
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Houthis block the Red Sea, Russia probes NATO and Trump’s $5,000 offer
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Sep 17, 2026 |
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Israeli settlements trade ban, Germany’s far-right on the rise & Nepal faces its future
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Sep 10, 2026 |
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Nepal’s devastating landslide, Iceland says no & the Pacific Islands Forum face-off
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Sep 03, 2026 |
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Ontario premier tells Trump: ‘kiss my ass’, Syria shakes off a dark burden & Borneo’s raging fires
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Aug 27, 2026 |
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Trump’s North Korea Strategy, West Bank Siege & the AI slop antidote
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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Takaichi’s melons, has AI gone rogue? And Dobby’s electric beach
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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Suu Kyi signs of life, Ceuta’s migrant crisis & impaled hiker rescues himself?!
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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BONUS EPISODE: Takaichi’s Shadow Bureau
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Aug 01, 2026 |
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Conflict in the Gulf widens, Bibi bounces back to Trump & Modi capitulates – to cockroaches
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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Houthi’s Red Sea blockade, India’s cockroach uprising & hundreds of baby Haarlands?
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Jul 23, 2026 |
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US and Iran in dire Strait as they fight for control, Ukraine’s missile muscle & South Korea's matchmaking monks
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Jul 16, 2026 |
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Trump says the Iran deal is over, an angry NATO lovefest and has Hamas given up politics?
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Jul 09, 2026 |
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Venezuela twin quake catastrophe, not-so-Strait shooting hinders US-Iran deal & Cuba opens up
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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Trump touts progress with Iran, Starmer resigns & the far-right on the rise in Australia
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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US-Iran strike a deal to make a deal, Bibi and Trump’s growing rift & could you be Japan’s next emperor?
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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FIFA World Cup fever dream, Trump taps his loyalists & India’s cockroach rebellion
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Trump’s Bibi tirade, Hegseth peddles used subs &… lucky testicles?
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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Iran-US peace talks stall, Türkiye targets dissent & Trump’s excellent excuse
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May 28, 2026 |
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China’s revolving door of world leaders, DRC’s Ebola emergency & Trump’s ‘slush fund’
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May 21, 2026 |
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Trump and Xi face-off, Starmer staggers on, while Macron has a word…
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May 14, 2026 |
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Is Trump’s ‘Epic Fury’ over? IS group 'brides' return home & a flatpack forehead slap?!
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May 07, 2026 |
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King Charles tickles Trump pink, Iran gets trolled - again and the bionic baggage guy
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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TACO Trump? An idiot’s guide to Strait talking & Marcos Jnr gym junkie
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Trump’s Hormuz gambit, Hungary ousts Orbán & Colombia’s cocaine war
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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US-Iran truce tested, BRS war crime charges & NASA boldly goes…
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Trump’s ‘Stone Age’ threat to Iran, Cuba’s oil lifeline & a succulent Chinese meal canonised
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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Trump's mixed messages on the Middle East and Iran's 'nepo-tollah'
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Dire Straits for Trump, Beijing takes a backseat and Cuba in the dark. Plus, the goodie bag bonanza...
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Oil price spikes, Trump’s Iran u-turns and: are you ready player one?
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Iran’s regime on the brink? US-Israel strikes, oil shock fears & the battle for what comes next
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Ukraine’s grim anniversary, ‘El Mencho’ killed & SOTU, Trump’s very, very long speech
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Is the US approach to Europe softening? Israel moves in the West Bank and, well, cocaine sharks
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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Jimmy Lai’s ‘death’ sentence, Japan’s Takaichi takes on China & the bulging Olympic controversy
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Trump v Iran, the huge Epstein dump and Melania’s hundred-million-dollar doco bomb
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Trump’s Minnesota flashpoint, Myanmar’s 'sham' election & China recalls its bamboo ambassadors
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Trump’s Greenland U-turn, Syria clashes force Kurds into retreat & China ‘brings home the bacon’
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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Iran’s brutal crackdown, Trump greases oil execs for Venezuela & Indonesia’s onion repeal
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Trump's crude move on Venezuela, unrest in Iran & China's condom conundrum
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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Terror at Bondi, Fragile Hope in Ukraine & Trump’s ‘WMD’ Gamble
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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DRC & the Thai-Cambodia border wars, Syria a year after Assad & Trump finally gets his peace prize... sort of
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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SE Asia flood crisis, Putin’s Moscow musings & Austria’s rebel nuns return
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Ukraine peace plan or Putin power play? Climate COP-out and Trump’s new bromance…
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Ukraine peace plan or Putin power play? Climate COP-out and Trump’s new bromance…
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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Trump, Epstein & the Saudi Crown Prince, and autocrat karaoke
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Philippines in tatters, Trump taps a former terrorist and, well, Bob Ross
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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Sudan’s civil war ‘spirals out of control’, Mamdani takes on Trump & would you snip and share?
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Trump touts Asia triumph - and a third term, Russia's oil sanctions & 'et tu' Queensland?
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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Albo, Trump and the elephant in the room, Gaza ceasefire fractures & a very French heist
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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SPECIAL EPISODE: Inside the Gaza ceasefire: hostages, prisoners & a negotiator
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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A Gaza peace deal signed; au revoir to yet another French PM; & Australia's new security alliance
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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Gaza peace plan, US shuts down & China combats whingers
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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Special Episode: Palestine recognition, Trump unfiltered & paracetamol panic
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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Trump's royal treatment, UN declares 'genocide' in Gaza & Albania's AI minister
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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Israel strikes Qatar, why it's been a bad week to be a PM & the real 'Succession' finale
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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Xi’s 'new world order', Indonesia unrest & Thailand’s political plight
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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Iran ambassador expelled, Trump’s military crackdown & KPop Demon Hunters
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Zelenskyy returns to the White House, Netanyahu torches Albanese & Xi visits Tibet
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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The Trump Putin showdown, Palestinian Statehood gains ground & Haiti's BBQ bounty
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Does Putin really want Peace? Netanyahu’s plan to ‘conquer’ Gaza & all quiet on the Korean front
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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The ‘strangest’ press conference, Palestine recognition & Thai-Cambodian feud
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Epstein fallout, Gaza crisis & Japan’s far-right surge
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Pressure on Putin, Syria clashes & what Albanese told Xi
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Netanyahu backs Trump for Nobel, UN pressures Taliban and Mushroom Murder verdict
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Gaza ceasefire scepticism, China studies US strikes & Dalai Lama dilemma
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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Iran-Israel ceasefire, NATO ‘daddy’ & Armenia's pantless politics
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Iran-Israel conflict sparks US debate & G7 summit fail
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Israel bombs Iran and Trump takes on LA
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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To Russia with love: Operation Spider's Web & the Trump Musk bust-up
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Global outcry over Gaza, China woos Pacific & Beatboxing nuns
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May 31, 2025 |
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Gazans 'devastated and desperate', US Senate showdown and a massive rice fail
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May 23, 2025 |
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The Art of the Middle East Deal, Philippines Midterms and Tissue-Gate
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May 16, 2025 |
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An American Pope, India-Pakistan escalation and Dolphins WTF?!
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May 09, 2025 |
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Trump's revolution, Israel's obligations, and Carney's surprise win
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May 02, 2025 |
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Trump's Crimea ultimatum, India-Pakistan tensions and a conclave plot-twist?
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Sudan’s ongoing ‘nightmare’, Trump’s deportation directives, and President Xi’s trade offensive
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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Decoding the tariff war: Trump, Xi and the global fallout
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Myanmar earthquake, Trump’s Liberation Day and Operation Babylift
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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When a group chat goes rogue, Ukraine peace talks and Indonesia's new military law
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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Why Russia isn’t ready for peace, Gaza's ceasefire shatters & is the US poised for a constitutional crisis?
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Mar 21, 2025 |
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Russia on notice, Trump's tariff tactics and Syria latest
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Mar 14, 2025 |