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EXPLAINER: Qatar’s vast wealth helps it host FIFA World Cup
Shawdesh Desk: Qatar is home to some 2.9 million people, but only a small fraction — around one in 10 — are Qatari citizens. They enjoy massive wealth and benefitsReadMore
North Korea tensions: Why is Kim Jong-un upping the pressure?
Shawdesh desk: Periods of tension with North Korea come and go, but the situation on the Korean peninsula right now is the most volatile it has been in five yearsReadMore
Could Boris Johnson really make a comeback?
Shawdesh dEsk: Boris Johnson, the man ousted as UK prime minister by his own government just three months ago, has emerged as an early front-runner to be the next primeReadMore
The rise and fall of Liz Truss
Shawdesh desk: Liz Truss came to power promising a new economic and political era. It is 45 days since she became PM – the shortest premiership in British history. YetReadMore
Iran schoolgirl died after being beaten – teachers
Shawdesh desk: A 15-year-old girl died in north-west Iran last week after she was beaten by security forces during a raid on her school, a teachers’ union has alleged. AsraReadMore
How Xi Jinping made himself unchallengeable
Shawdesh desk: Few foresaw that Xi Jinping would become the most assertive Chinese leader in decades – he is now all but set to secure a historic third term inReadMore
Nigeria election: Dangers of being religious in a religious nation
Shawdesh Desk: Religious intolerance – in one of the most religious countries in Africa if not the world – is one of the issues dominating debate ahead of next year’sReadMore
