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Opinion

Tuesday 26/July/2016 20:38 PM

The Kremlin’s Olympic acrobatics

Next Friday, Russians will be among the athletes gathering behind their national flags at the opening ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de...

Tuesday 26/July/2016 20:16 PM

Japan's risky stimulus decision

The Bank of Japan's next policy-making meeting, scheduled for July 28 and 29, has become interesting. It is ever clearer, from the noises emanating...

Monday 25/July/2016 17:45 PM

The EU’s bold new strategy

When problems accumulate, as in Europe – where the failed coup in Turkey comes hard on the heels of the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European...

Monday 25/July/2016 17:34 PM

The death of world heritage sites

Climate change has claimed another victim. Almost one-quarter of the coral in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area – one of the world’s...

Monday 25/July/2016 17:20 PM

Germany's misunderstood 'terror crisis'

The recent attacks in German cities have created the impression of a violent climate or even a heightened terror threat. Yet I tell friends outside Germany...

Monday 25/July/2016 17:11 PM

India's thwarted promise

On July 26, 1991, Manmohan Singh -- then finance minister, and later prime minister for 10 years -- rose in Parliament to deliver an address that would...