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Article thumbnail: (FILES) US Vice President Kamala Harris deplanes upon arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on June 14, 2021. Joe Biden on July 21, 2024 dropped out of the US presidential election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's new nominee, in a stunning move that upends an already extraordinary 2024 race for the White House. Biden, 81, said he was acting in the "best interest of my party and the country" by bowing to weeks of pressure after a disastrous June debate against Donald Trump stoked worries about his age and mental fitness. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)
Michael Burleigh

Kamala Harris is Donald Trump's nightmare

With one loose phrase Trump could easily alienate half the population

Michael Burleigh

Crypto, fish and grain: what Putin offers Kim Jong-un

Michael Burleigh

The price of keeping Netanyahu in power is too high

Article thumbnail: Houthi fighters and tribesmen stage a rally against the U.S. and the U.K. strikes on Houthi-run military sites near Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday, Jan. 14, 2024. (AP Photo)
Michael Burleigh

China is nothing like as influential as it thinks

Michael Burleigh

Why Hamas leader Mohammed Deif chose to strike now

Article thumbnail: TOPSHOT - This photograph taken on December 22, 2022, shows a broken glass box in the looted museum halls at the Kherson Regional Museum, which specializes in local history and natural history in Kherson, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - Russian military forces and civilians operating under their orders pillaged thousands of valuable artifacts and artworks from two museums, a cathedral, and a national archive in Kherson, before withdrawing after an 8-month occupation of the city, Human Rights Watch said on December 20, 2022. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: TOPSHOT - This photograph taken on December 22, 2022, shows a broken glass box in the looted museum halls at the Kherson Regional Museum, which specializes in local history and natural history in Kherson, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. - Russian military forces and civilians operating under their orders pillaged thousands of valuable artifacts and artworks from two museums, a cathedral, and a national archive in Kherson, before withdrawing after an 8-month occupation of the city, Human Rights Watch said on December 20, 2022. (Photo by Dimitar DILKOFF / AFP) (Photo by DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves from a private train as he departs Pyongyang, North Korea, to visit Russia, September 10, 2023, in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on September 12, 2023. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Article thumbnail: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un waves from a private train as he departs Pyongyang, North Korea, to visit Russia, September 10, 2023, in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on September 12, 2023. KCNA via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN SOUTH KOREA. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
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Article thumbnail: TOPSHOT - Russia's President Vladimir Putin stands in front of candles at the memorial "Grieving Mother", as he visits an exhibition at Victory Museum in Moscow on June 22, 2023. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)
Article thumbnail: TOPSHOT - Russia's President Vladimir Putin stands in front of candles at the memorial "Grieving Mother", as he visits an exhibition at Victory Museum in Moscow on June 22, 2023. (Photo by Gavriil Grigorov / SPUTNIK / AFP) (Photo by GAVRIIL GRIGOROV/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images)