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Monday 04/January/2016 16:37 PM

Let Pakistan's Karachi win the race

One of the good things about the paramilitary operation being conducted in Karachi is that it keeps the city in the national limelight. The Sindh...

Monday 04/January/2016 16:18 PM

Is the worst over for the oil price slump?

A word of caution first. I am not an oil expert, but perhaps am one of the readers, who developed an interest in the subject. As we enter 2016, the one...

Sunday 03/January/2016 14:11 PM

Putin’s trump card

At his annual year-end press conference, Russian President Vladimir Putin was as informal, audacious, and offensive as his favourite American presidential...

Sunday 03/January/2016 13:53 PM

Stress tests of 2015 show EU will endure

In recent years, there hasn't been much to like about the European Union, with its low growth, high unemployment, political squabbles, xenophobia,...

Sunday 03/January/2016 13:41 PM

An aging America shies away from taking risks

Twenty years ago, Dutch journalist Sheila Sitalsing sat down with a demographer at the country’s statistics office to talk about how aging would change...

Sunday 03/January/2016 13:16 PM

Lies and predictions in particle Physics

To most of us, 93-to-1 odds would make for a clear-cut bet. To physicists? Not so much. On December 15, the New York Times reported that Santa may have...

Saturday 02/January/2016 15:47 PM

Former colonies not poor due to wealth theft

If you get involved in online debates about economic history, it won’t be long before someone tells you that the West is rich because it stole the...