Remembering the tsunami disaster, 10 years later

Swimming in the waters off Sri Lanka on December 26, 2004, Michael Dobbs thought the day couldn’t get any better. “It was the most idyllic, peaceful day that you could imagine,” Dobbs said. The former Washington Post reporter and his family were vacationing on Taprobane, the private island that his brother, hotelier Geoffrey Dobbs, purchased […]

















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Stripped of duties, controversial Indian diplomat defends conduct

A controversial Indian diplomat whose arrest on visa fraud charges triggered a diplomatic row with the United States last year said Sunday that she had been unfairly stripped of her duties in India’s Ministry of External Affairs, even as officials investigate further charges against her. Devyani Khobragade was recently removed from her duties in the […]

















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Why ‘The Interview’ is not ‘The Great Dictator’ of our times

We live in strange times. A huge hack against Sony Pictures and apparent threats against cinemas planning to play the James Franco/Seth Rogan film "The Interview" has lead to Sony shelving the release indefinitely. Stranger still, the U.S. government now thinks that North Korea, incensed by a scene that apparently shows the assassination of North […]

















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There’s just one problem with Putin’s joke about a ‘drunk’ journalist

Russian President Vladimir Putin had his annual televised press conference on Thursday. And it contained what appeared to be the perfect fodder for countless Russian jokes - including one by Putin himself. The president took a question from a local Russian reporter, who was slurring his words a little as he spoke. The journalist asked […]

















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“Not as skinny as Obama, like Putin is ok.” China censors schoolboy’s suggestion that Xi lose weight

BEIJING – Chinese censors have never been known for their sense of humor, but their lack of it was amply demonstrated this week when they blocked a child’s light-hearted suggestion that President Xi Jingping might like to lose some weight. As part of a school writing project, nine-year-old Niu Ziru wrote a letter to Xi […]

















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