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Do you know what the England cricketers who plotted the first rebel tour to apartheid South Africa in 1982 called themselves? The Guillotine Squad. Because, as one said later, “it was that kind of atmosphere: head‑on-block”.That story came to mind last week when Jon Rahm became the latest player ...

British historian and politician Lord Acton famously pronounced, “Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority, still more when you add the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority." If we take ‘Great’ here to mean influence, the exercise of authority, ...

To some, he was a titan of foreign policy, the Holocaust survivor who built a glittering career as the top diplomat of the United States and national security adviser during Presidents Richard Nixon’s and Gerald Ford’s administrations, leaving an enduring mark on history. But to others, Henry Kissinger was ...

https://sputnikglobe.com/20231130/kissingers-controversial-legacy-1115298864.htmlKissinger's Controversial LegacyKissinger's Controversial LegacyHenry Kissinger's Controversial Legacy2023-11-30T10:12+00002023-11-30T10:12+00002023-11-30T10:46+0000worldhenry kissingerkissingerrussiaussrsoviet union/html/head/meta/@content/html/head/meta/@contenthttps://cdn1.img.sputnikglobe.com/img/07e7/0b/1e/1115297499_0:159:3077:1890_1920x0_80_0_0_d66ffc738b510ae55cdfa42488545ffb.jpgHenry Kissinger wielded uncommon influence on US foreign policy for over 50 years, having served as national security adviser and secretary of state under the Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford administrations. Even after leaving public life, he continued to be ...

Stadium 974 was a temporary venue made for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar"Inaction" by Qatar and Fifa on workers' rights is "tainting the legacy" of the 2022 World Cup, according to Amnesty International. Almost a year since the tournament began, the human rights group claims progress has "largely ...

Islamabad, Pakistan – As Umar Ata Bandial prepares to hang up his robe on Saturday, ending his tenure as Pakistan’s 28th chief justice, his detractors and supporters say he will be remembered as one of the most polarising top judges in the country’s history, who leaves behind a “tarnished ...

On June 2, exactly one week after Henry Kissinger’s 100th birthday, The Jerusalem Post published an op-ed by Dore Gold, Israel’s former ambassador to the UN. He aptly and quite pointedly characterized Kissinger as a “polarizing figure.”And yet, Gold then inexplicably hastened to adulate Kissinger as one who could ...

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Foreign Ministers' meeting will take place in Goa today. For the first time in 12 years, a Pakistani foreign minister will visit India for the meeting. Pakistan's foreign ministry earlier said that Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will lead the Pakistani delegation to the meeting. ...

Former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, her son Anshul Avijit (L), EMESCO’s V. Vijaykumar, senior journalists K. Ramachandra Murthy, Mallepalli Laxmaiah and Dean of the School of Humanities, University of Hyderabad, V. Krishna at the launch of Jnapakalu by Indrani Jagjivan Ram, in Hyderabad on Monday. | Photo Credit: ...

In a surprising turn of events, Twitter has restored verification badges on several high-profile celebrity accounts with millions of followers, just days after the microblogging platform culled the legacy blue checkmarks for non-paying users. The move assumes significance as Indian celebrities and top politicians from Shah Rukh ...