The Muslim community must free itself from “foreign influences” to become an “Islam of enlightenment” in the country of Voltaire and Diderot. 

The UN chief told a high-level meeting that progress on ridding the world of nuclear weapons “has stalled and is at risk of backsliding”.

That the virus seems to be claiming more of his circle, including former adviser Kellyanne Conway, is especially alarming.

Behind the scenes, top Biden aides were urging staff members to keep a low public profile. 

The slow-drip of disturbing information only increased the distrust many Americans feel about the accuracy of what they hear from the Trump White House.

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Hotel quarantine is a lottery. Some people score spacious suites at five-star hotels with lots of daylight. I had no such luck.

Five hundred kilometres north of Beijing, a group of teachers are taking a stand. They sign their names in a circle, in their ancestral language.

Trump, Johnson and Bolsonaro are emblematic of the rise of populism, the appeal of the strongman, and the decline of political norms thus year. COVID-19 offers a different lesson.

The four weeks Julian Assange spent in the Old Bailey courtroom in London are the latest chapter in the Australian’s epic battle against extradition to the US.