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Wednesday 13/July/2016 15:40 PM

How the megarich soak Brazil

When Alex Cuadros arrived in Brazil as a young reporter in 2010, there was much to marvel. Here was Latin America's biggest underachieving nation...

Tuesday 12/July/2016 16:15 PM

The abdication of the Left

As the world reels from the Brexit shock, it is dawning on economists and policymakers that they severely underestimated the political fragility of the...

Tuesday 12/July/2016 16:01 PM

Clinton's tuition plan gets a B-Minus

The reaction to Hillary Clinton's new, more generous college affordability plan has mostly followed partisan lines. Liberals see it as "Bernie...

Tuesday 12/July/2016 15:42 PM

Dallas: Crime scenes and weapons of war

Given the horror of the murder of the five police officers in Dallas last Thursday, it may seem absurd or distasteful to ask whether it was a good idea to...

Tuesday 12/July/2016 15:23 PM

China's control freaks are becoming a drag

Inke is a Chinese startup that enables users to stream live video. It’s doing pretty well -- in April, mobile analytics firm App Annie said it was the...

Monday 11/July/2016 16:11 PM

A strategy to unite and safeguard Europe

The purpose – and even the survival – of the European Union is being questioned as never before. In fact, Europe’s citizens and the world need a...

Monday 11/July/2016 15:59 PM

The Edhi philosophy

In 1982, Maulana Abdul Sattar Edhi was invited to be part of the reception at Karachi for Indonesian president Suharto. Waiting in his grey suit and...

Monday 11/July/2016 15:27 PM

Wanted in Delhi: Experts

Last week's cabinet reshuffle in India was a virtual jobs programme for government officials. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expanded the body to 78...