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Sports overload. Three cheers
A boy-meets-girl novel about video gaming. Essays on why sport matters
6 hrs ago
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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America @250: The whole world played a role
New book links India into 1776. Updike's classic novel anticipated Trump and MAGA
Jul 4
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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June 2026
Pakistan Has Never Looked So Important
There’s only one winner of the Iran deal—the country that made it happen.
Published on Persuasion
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Jun 30
Heatwave: Code red for our warming world
A factual book that reads like horror fiction. A novel set in a blazing summer 50 years ago
Jun 27
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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Pakistan wants to be Trump's BFF
Two diplomats on the troubled DC-Islamabad relationship. And a thriller that's all too real
Jun 18
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It's all kicking off. Football and politics
Brand new book gives World Cup a red card. A bestseller on the beautiful game's history
Jun 11
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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East or West? Armenia votes for one direction
Repost for a pivotal election: Nagorno-Karabakh basics. Boomtown Baku. Turkish taboo
Jun 7
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The sauces that explain why Taiwan isn’t Chinese
A thaw between Xi and Trump is worrying residents of the independent island
Published on The New World
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Jun 2
The ‘second liberation’ of Bangladesh?
A repost, after talking to Tahmima Anam, whose new novel has a remarkable uprising
Jun 1
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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May 2026
How real can artificial intelligence ever be?
A repost, as the Pope addresses AI. What thinking humans must know. And a robot's story
May 25
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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Repost: Eurovision high notes and low
Thank you for the music, even the silly songs
May 18
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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Not a Nixon-in-China moment
Taiwan may not be so testy an issue anymore. A Tom Clancy expert on his longest novel
May 12
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
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