A. Even if the Court is not motivated by an anti-African agenda, it is no less concerning that it acts, without fail, in concert with its North Atlantic backers.

B. It simply reproduces a Western narrative of Russian aggression that justifies NATO’s largest build-up of military forces in eastern Europe since the Cold War.

C. That military intervention in Africa by former colonial powers has been followed, almost without exception, by the International Criminal Court’s juridical intervention, leaves Africans understandably suspicious.

D. And the Court’s recent decision to launch an investigation into South Ossetia—its first extra-African investigation—is but of a piece with its earlier interventions, doing little to assuage that concern.

A. Despite the comet taking 133 years to pass by the Earth, the meteor shower happens every year as a result of the earth moving through the trail of the comet's orbit.

B. Like any other comet, Swift-Tuttle follows a steep incline when compared to planets in the solar system, gathering a lot of speed as it dives down into the solar system to get close to the sun and out again.

C. This link between the comet and the meteor shower was discovered within three years of the comet's discovery-- by Giovanni Schiaparelli in 1865.

D. The spectacular Perseid meteor shower that is witnessed every August, peaking in mid-August, is, in fact, created by the dust and debris left by the Swift Tuttle.

A. Every time financial speculation creates a crisis, governments are expected to tax their citizens and use that money to save banks and financial institutions.

B. Liberalism insisted on the separation of the state and the market, and decried government interference in markets.

C. Even if one argues, as some do, that liberal capitalism was always to some extent state capitalism, this signifies a major shift.

D. Neo-liberalism believes that governments should intervene in markets — but only on the side of banks, finance capitalists and lending agencies.

A. Had the world’s leading central banks not provided emergency liquidity back in 2008, the global economy would have faced meltdown.

B. But what started as a short-term emergency painkiller then morphed into a prolonged monetary coma.

C. After the Lehman crisis, low rates and quantitative easing were needed.

D. Payment systems would have failed, sparking panic, economic torpor and civil unrest.

A. If you’ve reached the point where you’re ready to hand censorship tools to an authoritarian regime in the name of making the world more open and connected, it’s time to ask what mission you’re really serving.

B. For example: Facebook in 2016 secretly built a censorship tool, presumably to pave the way for future entry into China.

C. When your company’s ends are as grand as “bringing the world closer together” or “accelerating the advent of sustainable transport,” it becomes pretty easy to justify unsavory means.

D. According to reporting by the New York Times’ Mike Isaac, Zuckerberg responded to employees’ concern by assuring them, “It’s better for Facebook to be a part of enabling conversation, even if it’s not yet the full conversation.”