Is it okay to admire past thinkers even if they held racist or sexist views?

Bigoted views don’t automatically disqualify a historical figure from admiration.

Julian Baggini, Aeon

· Yesterday · 11:30 pm

Jamal Khashoggi murder: US imposes sanctions on 17 Saudis suspected of role in journalist’s death

The suspects include top aides of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

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· Yesterday · 10:24 pm

Watch: A pair of cats has been trying to enter a museum building in Japan for two years

But they are yet to taste success.

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· Yesterday · 08:00 pm

Is this 40,000-year-old Borneo cave painting the world’s oldest figurative artwork?

Rock art discovered in Borneo’s limestone caves in the 1990s are thought to be older than earlier thought.

Pindi Setiawan, The Conversation

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· Yesterday · 07:30 pm

Jamal Khashoggi murder: Saudi Arabia indicts 11 suspects, seeks death penalty for five

The public prosecutor exonerated Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and instead accused two senior officials of giving the orders for the murder.

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· Yesterday · 05:59 pm

Watch: Aerial footage shows helicopters containing a brush fire on a California freeway

The fire spread to approximately 186 acres before the firemen were able to bring it under control.

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· Yesterday · 05:00 pm

Bangladesh: Detained activist Shahidul Alam released on bail

Attorney General Mahbubey Alam said his office will appeal the High Court’s order.

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· Yesterday · 04:13 pm

Brexit: Four British ministers resign, final UK-EU agreement to be signed on November 25

British Prime Minister Theresa May, who has the support of her Cabinet, still needs to get Parliament to agree to the deal.

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· Yesterday · 03:17 pm

Lessons from Brazil and India on how to fight forced labour and in-work poverty

When it comes to tackling unacceptable forms of work, lessons can be learned from the global South.

Deirdre McCann, The Conversation

· Yesterday · 01:30 pm

Watch: Unusual sights of heavy rains and floods causing havoc in Kuwait

One person was killed and work was suspended in government institutions after floods hit the country for several days.

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· Yesterday · 01:00 pm

Pakistan ‘needs to do more’ in fight against terrorism, says US

Islamabad is expected to act like it did against al-Qaeda after the 9/11 attacks, said State Department official Nathan Alexander Sales.

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· Yesterday · 12:02 pm

California wildfires: Toll rises to 58, at least 130 people are still missing

Most of those missing are senior citizens.

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· Yesterday · 11:37 am