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There used to be a joke about the definition of a World Bank expert: someone who had flown over the country in question at least twice, preferably once in daylight.

Stoker’s desk overlooks what would be a typically English rural, sylvan view. It would be, were it not for the electricity and telephone...

The UK’s previous prime minister, Boris Johnson, had this to say on his most recent visit to Kyiv: “While [the British] people are paying...

“Yes. Chernobyl was the worst nuclear accident that the world has seen, and in the area affected by the fallout there have been about 4,000