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Sunday 15/July/2018 15:20 PM

The world needs a food revolution

In 1984, I gathered the most successful musicians of the time to form a “supergroup” called Band Aid to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia. The...

Saturday 14/July/2018 16:45 PM

Only Poles can save Polish democracy

Massive protests in Warsaw have made headlines around the world in recent weeks. Poles are demonstrating against legislation enacted by the ruling Law and...

Saturday 14/July/2018 16:21 PM

Closing Pakistan’s electoral gender gap

One hundred years ago, women in the United Kingdom gained the right to vote, and today, most women in the developed world are enfranchised. But in many...

Saturday 14/July/2018 16:10 PM

Work in an age of automation

From truck drivers using GPS systems to nurses recording patients’ vital signs to train conductors checking tickets with hand-held devices, everybody...

Wednesday 11/July/2018 15:43 PM

Xi Jinping’s vision for global governance

The contrast between the disarray in the West, on open display at the NATO summit and at last month’s G7 meeting in Canada, and China’s mounting...

Wednesday 11/July/2018 15:28 PM

The European Union’s Dublin conundrum

Tensions over immigration continue to dominate European politics. In Italy, Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, a populist firebrand, is monopolising the...