Poor little rich ‘underdog’ Rishi and the U factor

by Rashmee

Posted on July 24, 2022


Rishi Sunak’s push to make the Conservative Party love him (or at least to understand …

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When it comes to hurling insults, Moscow is not a patch on Pyongyang

by Rashmee

Posted on June 18, 2022


When it comes to insults, the Russians could do worse than take classes  from the …

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Hope and change in Bidenomics terms

by Rashmee

Posted on April 30, 2021


/ LANGUAGE On his 99th day in office, President Joe Biden used the language of …

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Biden wants the US to be a values-driven leader but is the world buying it?

by Rashmee

Posted on February 16, 2021 / The National


This weekend marks US President Joe Biden’s first month in the Oval Office, which means …

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Joe Biden, convener of the free world?

by Rashmee

Posted on December 19, 2020


Even during the four years that Donald Trump inhabited the White House, the US president …

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Shattered over #RBG but the most tragic fact of all may be her refusal to step aside years ago

by Rashmee

Posted on September 20, 2020


So US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg left a last instruction, dictated to her …

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Donald Trump’s America is trying to gaslight the world – without much success

by Rashmee

Posted on August 17, 2020


On August 14, the Trump administration’s attempt to indefinitely extend a UN arms embargo on …

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Trump’s response to 1st Democratic debate speaks volumes

by Rashmee

Posted on June 27, 2019


The effrontery of Donald Trump’s response to the first debate among Democratic contenders for their …

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Pakistan’s Mr Bhutto goes to Trumpistan: What happens next?

by Rashmee

Posted on February 1, 2017


On Monday, January 30, the late Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto’s son Bilawal went to …

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The Obama administration’s last-minute stand with the Palestinians

by Rashmee

Posted on January 8, 2017 / The Arab Weekly


Much scorn is being poured on the Obama adminis­tration’s belated scramble to defend Palestin­ian rights …

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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