Although hydrofoiling is not a new idea, the convergence of three technologies has finally made it practical and scalable https://t.co/EFGZf1r5ip ...

China wants a military base in the Pacific Islands. But countries in the region are traditionally allied with Western powers. @ConnellyAL explains how China is using pushy diplomacy to try and break the status quo. Find out how Western powers are trying to counter China’s influence: https://t.co/NXtykaq9Zu ...

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RT David Rennie (@DSORennie)Are liberal values a luxury the West can’t afford? Europeans & US allies hear that now in Washington & from Asian, MidEast govts. But here’s the trap: when democracies turn illiberal they don’t become efficient technocracies, they become Russia or Hungary https://t.co/sxw1tW9IFS ...

Take Serbia. It has all the trappings of a democracy. It does not lock up journalists for what they write. Yet in dozens of ways it makes their jobs and lives difficult, unless they support the government https://t.co/V9leU3nIkp ...

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The lack of high men’s voices, which add colour and harmony to many choral works, is a growing problem for amateur and church choirs https://t.co/o6PFJ54gNN ...

Dozens of people cross into government-controlled Ukraine each day. Most are women, children or elderly, though military-age men also make it over. All arrive with stories of a homeland being sealed off and Russified https://t.co/IiaDS1s0Og ...

Today Iran looks weaker than ever and competition for influence is growing. A regional war in the Middle East would unleash chaos, but it would also create new opportunities https://t.co/UIydPnhIIZ ...