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Saturday 29/July/2017 16:26 PM

Germany’s new power of the purse

Last week, German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel interrupted his holiday on the North Sea to respond to Turkey’s jailing of a German human-rights...

Saturday 29/July/2017 15:15 PM

Trump faces growing Republican unease

As fellow Republicans laboured to repeal Obamacare this week, U.S. President Donald Trump repeatedly swerved off-topic, escalating concerns in his party...

Saturday 29/July/2017 15:13 PM

It's time for liberals to fight back

Poland is in an uproar. The decision of its ruling Law and Justice Party to bring the judiciary under political control has been partially blocked by...

Saturday 29/July/2017 15:02 PM

Libya peace deal amid deep fractures

Standing beside French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris this week, Khalifa Haftar, the most powerful military leader in eastern Libya, was smiling when he...

Wednesday 26/July/2017 16:55 PM

Helping the heroines of polio eradication

Last month, world governments and other donors pledged $1.2 billion to help carry the 30-year fight to eradicate polio over the finish line. At its height,...

Wednesday 26/July/2017 16:43 PM

China’s weaponisation of trade

China denies mixing business with politics, yet it has long used trade to punish countries that refuse to toe its line. China’s recent heavy-handed...

Wednesday 26/July/2017 15:30 PM

Harare seeks to build climate-resilient roads

Heavy traffic snakes through downtown Harare, Zimbabwe's capital, manoeuvring along the potholed roads as impatient motorists hoot at one other, while...