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When Corrupt Politicians Waltz into the Debt Trap
Toronto, Atlanta (28/11 – 20)
A wise old expression intones “Behind every bad borrower is a bad lender”. Like…
A Thai view on the Hamas-Israel war
The Palestinians' longstanding and legitimate grievances have been irrevocably subverted by Hamas' brazen…
Hamas and their Human Meat Shields
London, Dublin (1/11 – 66)
Hamas is sheltered in a sea of civilians. Ostensibly a Palestinian political and…
The Fading Influence of France in Francophone Africa
Brussels, Frankfurt (10/11 -12)
Words like ‘neocolonialism’ and ‘neo-imperialists’ are being tossed around by…
Paris riots: when police shot a teenager dead, a rumbling pressure cooker exploded
Riots broke out in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris, following the lethal police shooting of a 17-year-old…
Switzerland Beefs Up Defences Against ATM Attacks
Criminal gangs from other countries have been blamed for blowing up ATMs at a number of locations in…
Kazakhstan’s progress faces many headwinds; the West should not be one of them
The war in the Ukraine created two main opposing camps of countries. An Alliance of Democracies on one side and a…
France Raises Alarm Over UN Staff Killed in Sudan
France expressed “dismay” on Sunday over the killing of several UN workers in Sudan as violence…
Cocaine Worth Nearly $440 Million Found Floating in the Sea Off Italy
A huge consignment of cocaine has been found floating off the eastern coast of the island…
Vladimir Kara-Murza: Russian Opposition Figure Jailed for 25 Years
Opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza has been sentenced to 25 years in jail in Russia for charges linked to…