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Friday 29/January/2016 19:02 PM

Tennis: Action-packed day at Melbourne Park

Iron-clad defence triumphed over all-out attack as Andy Murray overhauled Milos Raonic 4-6, 7-5, 6-7(4), 6-4, 6-2 on Friday to book another Australian Open...

Friday 29/January/2016 15:36 PM

Immigration into the welfare state

The armed conflict destabilising some Arab countries has unleashed a huge wave of refugees headed for Europe. About 1.1 million came to Germany alone in...

Friday 29/January/2016 15:16 PM

China’s bumpy new normal

China’s shift from export-driven growth to a model based on domestic services and household consumption has been much bumpier than some anticipated, with...

Friday 29/January/2016 14:51 PM

Doing well by doing good

If you get most of your ideas about government from speeches by America’s Republican presidential candidates, it’s easy to believe that the US federal...

Wednesday 27/January/2016 20:24 PM

So to Speak - The Wages of Gratitude

One does not have to be a great scholar to teach another person a great lesson. I learned mine from a weather-beaten surrounding where sweat and hard work...