For generations of aspiring investors, Robert Kiyosaki’s name has been closely associated with a simple but provocative proposition: debt can be a tool for building wealth. His 1997 bestseller, Rich Dad, Poor
A package of laws modelled on Russian legislation has sharply curtailed the activities of non-governmental organisations in Georgia, prompting warnings from civil society leaders that democratic institutions and the rule of law
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United Nations human rights experts have expressed grave concern over allegations of arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, torture and other forms of ill-treatment targeting members of Iran’s Bahá’í religious minority, warning that several
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi The morning after India’s education minister resigned, Arundhati Roy returned to Jantar Mantar, where, only days earlier, one of the most remarkable protest movements in recent
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China’s reported efforts to influence an international seminar on Tibetan studies in Nepal have attracted growing attention after researchers from the Tibet Policy Institute (TPI), a think tank of the Central Tibetan
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The historic city of Herat has long occupied a distinctive place in Afghanistan’s cultural heritage. Known for its ancient citadel, bustling bazaars and rich tradition of scholarship, the city has for centuries
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The violent clash between two groups of Chinese nationals at the Colombo Port City premises, the abduction of injured individuals, and the recovery of firearms—including a Glock pistol loaded with live ammunition—along
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Swiss chocolate manufacturer Lindt has been sued in a United States federal court over allegations that it relies on child labour in its cocoa supply chain while presenting itself as a company
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has delivered a comprehensive and uncompromising defence of its role in one of the country’s most serious public financial fraud
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Nearly four decades after the world embarked on one of the largest public health campaigns in history, the effort to eradicate polio has reached a decisive moment. Once seen as being on
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For the principal of a school in the southern Iranian city of Minab, the morning began not with the sound of explosions overhead but with a decision to protect her students. Shortly
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