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China has launched a major charm offensive across the south Pacific to win diplomatic backing for its construction of artificial islands.
Paul McGeough At this point, it's fair to say that if the angry old white men who are a rump constituency in the Republican Party were to hit on Adolf Hitler as a presidential nominee, the party establishment likely would say, 'well, that's nice – he'll do.'
Lindsay Murdoch After running orphanages in Cambodia for 20 years Geraldine Cox says nobody is going to take all her children away from her.
Max Bearak Swiss voters have rejected by a huge margin the introduction of an unconditional basic income, but not for the reasons you would expect.