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Western cosying up to unsavoury dictators must include an insistence on better human rights Try as he might, playwright George Bernard Shaw could not find a bad thing to say about Stalin’s Soviet Union. The workers? Not downtrodden at all, he wrote after a 1933 trip, but hopeful and enthusiastic. As for

The Philippines’ tilt away from Washington towards Beijing shows how US power is waning Rodrigo Duterte, who proudly bears the nickname Duterte Harry, has been given a hero’s welcome in Beijing. The president of the Philippines may be a foul-mouthed renegade — he called Barack Obama the “son of a whore” and

America is deploying long-range nuclear bombers to Australian airbases after Beijing reinforced its claim to virtually all of the South China Sea. There are fears that President Xi will restrict foreign ships and aircraft from using the vital waterway for global trade. Beijing is expanding and weaponising several tiny islands in an

Kylie Minogue and her British fiancé have postponed their wedding until Australia legalises same-sex marriage. The Australian singer — an idol to the gay community — had planned to tie the knot in Melbourne but will not do so until the law is changed, in solidarity with same-sex couples. Her fiancé, the

A glance at a map of the Holy Roman Empire reveals the tensions bubbling just beneath the surface as the EU is crippled by harsh reality, writes Robert Kaplan Look at any map of Europe from the Middle Ages or the early modern era, before the Industrial Revolution, and you will be

This is a chance to make British farming globally competitive There is little point in leaving the European Union if we do not take the opportunity to escape some of its worst prohibitions. Top of the list is its opposition to genetically modified crops, as the farming minister George Eustice hinted to

The Balfour declaration and other milestones in our imperial history show how hard we tried to do the right thing Boris Johnson is more a historian than a diplomat. Indeed there are few politicians less diplomatic, and few more inclined to reach for a historical reference. The new foreign secretary has written

North America, the graveyard for many a British retailer and fashion brand, has proved to be a happy hunting ground for AllSaints. Sales and profits at the hip fashion chain have surged. This week it will report that its earnings are up 18 per cent at £28.5 million in the year to

A new direct flight to Utah has put the ski giant Park City in direct competition with big hitters Vail and Whistler. Which offers the best holiday on the slopes? It’s been a long time coming, but you can now take a direct flight from the UK to the ski resorts of

Tens of thousands of Argentinians have held street protests against rising violence towards women in response to the murder of a 16-year-old girl who was drugged, raped and impaled on a stake. Many of the protesters who took part in marches throughout South America were schoolchildren and mothers, shocked by the case