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The ring cycle: Why professional wrestling is more like opera than sport

So what if the winner is predetermined? That's all part of the storytelling in a spectacle that should be thought of as an art form

Faisal
Al Zaabi
Kenny Omega and Cody Rhodes wrestling in Japan in 2018, a year before they and The Young Bucks spearheaded the launch of All Elite Wrestling. Photo: New Japan Pro-Wrestling/Getty Images

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Why Davos matters more today than at any other time

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A Greenland protest in front of the US embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark on Wednesday. EPA

Despite Trump's row with Denmark over Greenland, Nato is not about to disband

Richard Giragosian

It's important to protect our children, but we also need to teach them resilience

Roudha AlShehhi

Gambia's Rohingya genocide case against Myanmar shows states have responsibilities

Janine
di Giovanni

How Abu Dhabi’s ‘Sustainability Label’ signals a shift in how businesses compete

Shamis Al Dhaheri

Europe will see sense in Trump's Greenland plan, if he dials down the rhetoric

Gavin Esler

In Lebanon, the US has been reduced to playing good cop to Israel's bad cop

Michael Young

3°C of warming doesn't just mean a hotter day at the beach

Phil Hart

Britain’s state bodies are failing to tackle crime and extremism

Damien McElroy

Limited US public support for Trump's Venezuela move puts him under pressure

James Zogby

How do you keep creating when you’re not sure anyone is listening?

Saeed Saeed

How the Middle East's cities can prepare for the AI-powered future

Matthew Tribe

Twelve hours too late – an expat’s guilt about missing a final goodbye

Fatima Al Mahmoud

UAE troops gave everything to help Yemen – I saw it with my own eyes

Michael Knights

Why we need to design AI for families

Yasar Jarrar

Shadi's take on the US pulling out of dozens of UN, international organisations

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