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The train the changes everything – the Silk Road railway beats blockade

June 9, 2026

COMMENTARY: By Lim Tean In 1904, a British geographer named Halford Mackinder stood before the Royal Geographical Society in London and delivered what would become the most prophetic warning in the history of geopolitics: “Who rules the Heartland commands the World Island. Who rules the World Island commands the World.” Mackinder’s insight was deceptively simple.

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Case dismissed for pro-independence Kanak leader Christian Téin

June 6, 2026

By Patrick Decloitre of RNZ Pacific A court in Paris has dropped all charges against pro-independence Kanak leader Christian Téin and 13 others in their alleged role in the May 2024 civil unrest in New Caledonia. In announcing their ruling on Friday in Paris to French national media, the panel of judges said they had