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The Four Types of Play of Roger Caillois
Orientation What is play? What are its types and its psychological impacts? In what way is play different from other human activities? In what ways is play different across the life cycle, from childhood to adolescence to adulthood? Do people ever stop playing? How many kinds of play are there? What is the difference in […]
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Playing with Financial Fire
Capitalism, Marx said, is unceasingly prone to crisis. His observation applies as much to financial capital as to industrial capital, as the recent collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank of New York attest. In their pursuit of profits, banks make loans that borrowers cannot repay or back the loans with assets that lose […]
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Supplying Ukraine with Depleted Uranium Shells
Should they be taking them? Ukraine is desperate for any bit of warring materiel its armed forces can lay their hands on, but depleted uranium shells would surely not be a model example of use. And yet, the UK, in an act of killing with kindness, is happy to fork them out to aid the […]
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Historic Meeting between Xi and Putin
This week’s News on China in 2 minutes. • Historic meeting between Xi and Putin • Hong Kong announces industrial policy for the first time • Baidu unveiled its version of ChatGPT
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The Theatrics of COVID

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Imran Khan, a Zionist Army Chief, and Pakistan-Israel Normalization
Historical Precedent While many base Pakistan’s enmity towards Israel on the latter’s post-1948 transgressions such as occupying Gaza and West Bank, military incursions in Gaza, ethnic cleansing of Arabs, building unlawful Israeli settlements, and innumerable other events, this is an incomplete story. Pakistan’s opposition to Israel can be traced back to Muhammad Iqbal and Muhammad […]
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The Terrorist Forefathers of Israel: The Irgun and Lehi

To the unbiased eye, Israel’s true colors are not obfuscated due to its innumerable crimes against the Palestinians whether in the form of innocent Gazans being killed or the proliferation of illegal settlements in the West Bank. It is interesting to note that the state of Israel and the IDF’s (Israel Defence Forces) terrorist proclivities […]

