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Nicholas Kristof

NICHOLAS KRISTOF IS A TWO-TIME PULITZER PRIZE WINNING JOURNALIST. HIS NEW MEMOIR IS CHASING HOPE: A REPORTER'S LIFE.

A woman waves a flag as people gather at the Obelisk to celebrate following a U.S. strike on Venezuela where President Nicolas Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, were captured, in Buenos Aires, Argentina January 3, 2026. REUTERS/Mariana Nedelcu TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

What I learnt in Venezuela

Many are celebrating the ouster of a brutal dictator, but the Maduro regime may survive the loss of Maduro

(FILES) US President Donald Trump (L) and Democratic Presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden exchange arguments during the first presidential debate at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 29, 2020. Just like in 2016, the first debate of the 2020 presidential election turned into chaos. Now the incumbent president, Donald Trump constantly interrupts Joe Biden, who ends up throwing back a memorable "will you shut up, man"? The Democrat also calls his opponent a "clown" or "Putin's poodle". Predictably, Donald Trump refuses to say whether he will recognize the result of the election. Unable to keep the two candidates at bay, the debate moderator, Fox News journalist Chris Wallace, confessed to feeling "despair". (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

President Biden and Donald Trump, some tough questions for each of you

THE stakes in this year’s presidential election are the greatest in my lifetime. So as a way to frame the choice before...

TSMC) headquarters in Hsinchu, Taiwan. These days it seems impossible to have a conversation about geopolitics or economics without coming back to TSMC, which makes about 90 per cent of the world’s most advanced chips.

Visiting the most important company in the world

Replicating the chipmaking power of TSMC in the US will be much harder than Americans realise

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