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The Thatch

May 25, 20213 min read

Beijing's plan to pick the next Dalai Lama

Imagine for a moment that Cuba picked the next Pope. That is the scenario which Lobsang Sangay, the then-Sikyong (the Tibetan...

The Thatch

May 22, 20215 min read

Gaza 2021: An apartheid déjà vu

On 16th May, the assault on Gaza may be Palestine’s Sharpeville massacre. It may well trigger the beginning of the end of Israeli...

Polly Bevan-Bowhay

May 18, 20212 min read

Stop all fossil fuel projects by 2050 to reach net zero, says International Energy Agency

New investment in fossil fuel projects must end if governments want to reach net zero emissions by 2050 and limit global warming to 1.5...

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