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Sunday 04/December/2016 17:05 PM

Europe can claim clean energy leadership

The European Union's new legislative proposals for a clean energy transition have disappointed environmentalists, policy experts and even building...

Sunday 04/December/2016 16:53 PM

Indian nationalism goes to the movies

Amid rising Hindu nationalism, the Supreme Court of India has ordered theatres to play the national anthem before films and directed moviegoers to stand at...

Sunday 04/December/2016 16:38 PM

Protecting education in conflict zones

In conflict zones, it is children who often bear the brunt of the violence. Last month, repeated air strikes on a school compound in Idlib, Syria, killed at...

Saturday 03/December/2016 16:28 PM

Brazil's crooked politicians bite back

Brazilian lawmakers never sleep. So it was no surprise when the lower house spent the pre-dawn hours last Wednesday poking holes in a rigorous...

Saturday 03/December/2016 16:09 PM

Europe’s December day of reckoning

While most of the European Union seems panic-stricken by the prospect of a victory for French far-right leader Marine Le Pen in France’s presidential...

Saturday 03/December/2016 15:43 PM

Conflict-hit Libya in absolute free-fall

Do you suppose the words of Baron Rothschild in the 18th century, crossed subconsciously the mind of The Libyan British Business Council (LBBC) when they...

Wednesday 30/November/2016 18:46 PM

Why multilateralism still matters

Across the West, faith in international governance and economic globalisation is declining. As Donald Trump’s victory in the United States’...

Wednesday 30/November/2016 18:15 PM

Give Trump's infrastructure plans a chance

Donald Trump’s plans for infrastructure spending are finally materialising, and they already have no shortage of critics. But I think the critics should...