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CHINA DURING THE FIRST AND SECOND WORLD WARS It is generally believed that the assassination of Arch-Duke Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire ignited the First World War. Narratives on the Causes of
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ADB HOPEFUL ON BANGLADESH’S GROWTH According to Asian Development Bank Bangladesh is doing well. The ADB report states that exports, remittances, and domestic consumption buoyed Bangladesh’s economy in fiscal year (FY) 2022,
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The military coup in Niger is already three weeks old. The putschists are cementing their rule, having gained the upper hand in the shadow play with the Economic Community of West African
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I will try to make this simple. It is a complex question, but it is something we should be contemplating if the world is going to avoid a nuclear holocaust. It boils
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PAKISTANI ARMY CHIEF ON RELATIONS WITH CHINA Pakistan’s Army Chief of Staff in July this year has categorically described the core of China-Pakistan relations. A report from Pakistani newspaper Dawn( August 3
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In late July, I visited two settlements of the Landless Rural Workers (MST) on the outskirts of São Paulo (Brazil). Both settlements are named for brave women, the Brazilian lawmaker Marielle Franco
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Reuters carried a speculative report last week that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi might not attend the BRICS summit in Johannesburg in person and, furthermore, that India disfavoured an expansion of the
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According to World Economics published in London and its parent Information Sciences have for 30 years specialized in developing economic data series that have become part of the financial world’s DNA. Almost
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On 20 July, the United Nations (UN) released a document called A New Agenda for Peace. In the opening section of the report, UN Secretary-General António Guterres made some remarks that bear close reflection: We
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No matter what pronunciamentos may come from Washington, the Russian government is expecting greater attacks on Russian territory, especially Moscow and maybe Russian ports, to try and destabilize the Putin government. The Pentagon says
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