Lens pans to Clinton presidency
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Iraq the model of a failed state
Property prices in central Baghdad are as high as London's, even though Iraq's national income is down by 70% since the collapse in the oil price.
Bangladesh is in deep trouble
How is this for a staunch defence of free speech in a secular state?
Warming accelerates in unprecedented way
If you spend a lot of time talking to scientists about climate change, there's one word you'll hear time and time again, and yet it's hardly ever mentioned in the public discussion of climate chang
Corruption allegations running deep
You couldn't make this stuff up.
On Sunday, President Dilma Rousseff of Brazil faces an impeachment vote in the lower house of Congress.
The charge?
EU faces multiple risks
A recent headline on the leading French newspaper Le Monde said it all: ‘‘Migrants, the Euro, Brexit: The European Union is mortal.'' And it's true.
He who’ll say anything to get what he wants
What a Syrian deal looks like
After the Syrian army recaptured the city of Palmyra from Islamic State a week ago, US State Department spokesman John Kirby admitted that the liberation of the ancient city was a ‘‘good thing''.
Burma transition could work
EU, Turkey deal doomed
Early next week, the deal made between the European Union and Turkey to stem the flood of refugees into the EU goes into effect. It will promptly blow up in everybody's face, for three reasons.