Denis Staunton
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US troops invaded Iraq 23 years ago. Now Iraq and Iran are celebrating (opens the original)
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Iraq has declared today to be Sovereignty Day, the start of a four-day holiday to celebrate the withdrawal this week of the last United States forces from its territory 23 years after the invasion that overthrew Saddam Hussein. Iran is rejoicing too. For months before the last American troops left Iraq on Wednesday, there were only a few hundred of them left, mostly at an airbase in Erbil in the semi-autonomous Kurdish region in the north of the country. But Iraqi prime minister Ali al-Zaidi tol
Was Burnhamâs Labour Party conference speech a turning point on Brexit? (opens the original)
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Andy Burnhamâs speech to the Labour Party conference in Liverpool was passionate, eloquent, well-delivered and full of bold policy ideas. It could also mark a turning point in the story of Brexit. As a performance, Andy Burnhamâs conference speech was almost flawless and his emotional grip on the audience in the hall was such that even when he fell silent halfway through, apparently unable to continue, they rose to applaud him. That unusually long pause, as he choked up at the memory of his
Greenland deal a reward for US bullying (opens the original)
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A week after signing a deal with the United States about the future of Greenland, Denmark is celebrating it as a great diplomatic achievement. So why should other Europeans should feel uneasy? When Denmarkâs ambassador to the United Nations, Christina Lassen, addressed the general assembly in New York yesterday, she spoke about the UN Charter as a compass that pointed the world towards human rights, the self-determination of peoples and the territorial integrity of states large and small. But
Are global controls needed for AI? The United States doesnât think so (opens the original)
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While AI companies issue ever more lurid warnings about the dangers of their own products, the United States has set its face against global governance of AI. It might happen anyway. Ahead of Xi Jinpingâs visit to Washington last week, there was speculation that he and Donald Trump might agree to work together to manage the risks associated with AI. In the end, they agreed to establish a hotline for the United States and China to alert each other to high-risk incidents but Trump made it clear
What a Chinese blockbuster says about Beijingâs view of the world (opens the original)
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It begins with a montage of horror scenes, with a dead body dragged across the ground, its head still bleeding, and terrified women and children lining up to board a bus to somewhere unknown. But the opening credits roll above the most sumptuous images of knives slicing through mushrooms, onions and peppers while shrimp, chicken and vegetables sizzle in all their succulence at the scorching bottom of an orchestra of woks. This is Once Upon a Time in the Middle East, a film that has been at the t
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