In Santa Fe, ‘Christmas’ means red and green chiles

by Rashmee

Posted on May 18, 2023


Santa Fe, capital of America’s 47th state New Mexico, is the “chile capital of the …

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Realism over the Ukraine war requires both weapons surge and diplomatic flurry

by Rashmee

Posted on April 19, 2023


Will the casual leaking of top secret Pentagon documents change the course of the Ukraine …

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Humza Yousaf: ‘Like a leader created by ChatGPT’

by Rashmee

Posted on March 28, 2023


It’s striking how muted the response has been to Humza Yousaf’s ascent to Scotland’s highest …

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Catastrophe Vs conflict: Turkey & Syria, one week on. Ukraine, nearly one year in

by Rashmee

Posted on February 14, 2023


Turkey’s president has called the earthquake that hit the southern part of his country and …

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Bolsonaro’s behaviour throws a more flattering light on Trump…that’s how bad it was

by Rashmee

Posted on January 7, 2023


News of Jair Bolsonaro’s doings at the presidential palace in Brazil as he left office …

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At Lula’s inauguration, did Bolsonaro ‘eat the last cannibal’?

by Rashmee

Posted on January 3, 2023


When Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, widely known as Lula, assumed the Brazilian presidency on …

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2022 was cruel but there are reasons to be cheerful about 2023. Happy new year

by Rashmee

Posted on January 1, 2023


As the old year died, it was hard to shed too many tears for it.…

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Per Shakespeare, the Welsh leek has long had a good press, at least domestically

by Rashmee

Posted on December 3, 2022


It’s not all about the World Cup, you know, not when Wales has won the …

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Putin’s naglost on Ukraine is a feature, not a bug

by Rashmee

Posted on November 25, 2022


Facing reverses on the battlefield, Russia’s president Vladimir Putin is doing his worst, targeting Ukrainian …

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Mastodon is a whole new world

by Rashmee

Posted on November 20, 2022


A few days ago, I, like millions of people around the world, started to check …

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Rashmee has lived and worked in several countries in the past decade, including Afghanistan, India, Haiti, Tunisia, the UAE, US and UK