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Does Modi’s India point to perils of White nationalism

The recent gubernatorial election in Virginia and the British government’s campaign against “woke” cultural institutions provide the latest evidence that White nationalism is becoming the unabashedly central ideology of the traditional parties of the right on both sides of the Atlantic. Confoundingly at a time of widespread economic distress, Republicans in the United States and the Conservatives in the United ...

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Post-Covid travel isn’t equal for all

The US reopened its borders, welcoming fully vaccinated foreign travelers after a long 604 days of closure. I was one of them, leaving the UK for the first time since February 2020 to fly to New York City. Thankfully, the whole process was a breeze, except for a punishingly breeze-free stint in the stuffy corridor that led me through border ...

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Airbus gets mega-order for 255 jets led by Wizz, Frontier

Bloomberg Airbus SE notched a mega-order for 255 narrow-body jets at the Dubai Airshow, bolstering the European planemaker’s case that aircraft demand has started to roar back from the lows of the coronavirus pandemic. The deal for Airbus’s larger A321 model is valued at more than $30 billion before typical industry discounts. It will be parceled out among Wizz Air ...

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