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The bloodshed in Gaza
Yet again, pricking the conscience of the international community, Israel has unleashed a brutal onslaught against the defenceless Palestinian people in the besieged Gaza Strip.As Gazans endure the unspeakable horror of the Israeli aggression, which claimed mo ...
What is the point of the Olympics?
By Ian Buruma - Jun 13, 2021 - Last updated at Jun 13, 2021 22:26
NEW YORK — Kaori Yamaguchi, an Olympic medalist in judo and an executive member of the Japanese Olympic Committee, made an astonishing state ...
The virus next time
By Kevin Rudd - Jun 13, 2021 - Last updated at Jun 13, 2021 22:26
BRISBANE — As more developed countries begin to feel as though they have made it to the other side of the COVID-19 crisis, two striking real ...
The upside of population decline
By Adair Turner - Jun 13, 2021 - Last updated at Jun 13, 2021 22:26
LONDON — China’s recently published census, showing that its population has almost stopped growing, brought warnings of severe problems for ...
Vaccines for all or vaccine apartheid?
By Gordon Brown - Jun 13, 2021 - Last updated at Jun 13, 2021 22:26
LONDON — The G-7 summit starting on Friday will mark the first time that world leaders have met in person for almost two years. ...
The paradoxes of the Bangladesh miracle
By Arvind Subramanian - Jun 13, 2021 - Last updated at Jun 13, 2021 22:25
NEW DELHI — Ravaged periodically by natural calamities, long dependent on foreign aid and remittances, and a perennial source of refugees an ...
An update on the Cuban missile crisis
By Nina L. Khrushcheva - Jun 13, 2021 - Last updated at Jun 13, 2021 22:25
MOSCOW — As US President Joe Biden prepares to meet with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, the stakes might not seem all that high. ...
Stability, productivity and rentierism
By Yusuf Mansur - Jun 12, 2021 - Last updated at Jun 12, 2021 22:23
The modern state is based on increased productivity; that is, people unite together to form a state because they believe that they will be b ...
Is this the time for political realism?
By Amer Al Sabaileh - Jun 12, 2021 - Last updated at Jun 12, 2021 22:23
For several months now the Middle East has not been prominent in the agenda of President Joe Biden. ...
International and Jordanian scholars called for moving mountains
By Jabbar Al Obaidi and Laura McAlinden - Jun 12, 2021 - Last updated at Jun 12, 2021 22:22
By Jabbar Al Obaidi and Laura McAlindenIt wasn’t a surprise nor a typical cliché to hear over and over again this compliment: “Jordan is nic ...

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