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The death of Diego Maradona

A woman and a girl walk by a mural of Diego Maradona, Avellaneda, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina, November 27, 2020. /Getty Images Editor's note: Mike Cormack is a writer, editor and reviewe

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Boris postures, while the EU awaits

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (L) and former president of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker attend a press conference at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium

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The splintering of Trump's coalition

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives to speak during a tour of Puritan Medical Products medical swab manufacturing facility in Guilford, Maine, U.S., June 5, 2020. /AP Editor's note:Mike Corma

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Trump gambles on Nixon gambit

U.S. President Donald Trump (L) arrives to address a news conference at the White House in Washington, DC, the United States, March 13, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note: Mike Cormack is a writer, e

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Trump throws election fairness into doubt

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Trump's trade tantrum

U.S. President Donald Trump attends a press conference at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 29, 2020. /Xinhua Editor's note:Mike Cormack is a writer, editor and reviewer most

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Trump turns and runs

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The British government's declining reputation for competence

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Trump's Republican Party is a nihilistic power cult

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Trump's lethal political strategy is a stain on U.S. presidency

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House in Washington, April 19, 2020. /AP Editor's note:Mike Cormack is a writer, editor and reviewer m

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What counts for Trump

President Donald Trump speaks about the coronavirus in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, in Washington DC, April 13, 2020. /AP Editor's note: Mike Cormack is a writer, ed

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Are U.S. senators profiting from a national crisis?

Editor's note:Mike Cormack is a writer, editor and reviewer mostly focusing on China, where he lived 2007-2014. He edited Agenda Beijing and is a regular book reviewer for South China Morning Post

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A test of leadership in a crisis

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced sweeping new travel restrictions on Europe in a bid to combat the spread of the coronavirus. /REUTERS Editor's note: Mike Cormack is a writer, editor

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COVID-19 cannot be wished away, Mr Trump

Editor's note:Mike Cormack is a writer, editor and reviewer mostly focusing on China, where he lived from 2007 to 2014. He edited Agenda Beijing and is a regular book reviewer for the South China

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Parasite: Lessons on honesty and artistry

Editor's note:Mike Cormack is a writer, editor and reviewer mostly focusing on China, where he lived from 2007 to 2014. He edited Agenda Beijing and is a regular book reviewer for the South China

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Britain after Brexit

Editor's note: Mike Cormack is a writer, editor and reviewer mostly focusing on China, where he lived 2007-2014. He edited Agenda Beijing and is a regular book reviewer for South China Morning Pos