by Our Diplomatic Affairs Editor Oh, how fortunate we are to witness the grand spectacle of a clown in the White House ruling over the so-called “free world.” In this remarkable theater,
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The International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) headquarters are in the heart of Washington, a stone’s throw from the White House, Lincoln Memorial, Treasury Department, Organisation of American States (OAS) and Federal Reserve (the
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It is difficult to make sense of many events these days. France’s behaviour, for instance, is hard to square. On the one hand, French President Emmanuel Macron changed his mind to support Ukraine’s entry
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The Summit for a New Global Financing Pact will be held in Paris on June 22 and 23. Its stated goal is to build a new contract between the countries of the
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Imagine the aftermath of the war in Ukraine, a country worn out by destruction and in need of reconstruction. On the 483rd day of the conflict, on June 21, 2023, the West
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In a compelling speech delivered at the Third United Nations High-Level Conference on Counter-Terrorism, Major General Suresh Sallay, Director of the State Intelligence Service in Sri Lanka, highlighted the evolving global threat
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It is widely known that in the mid-20th century, renowned British sociologist T.H. Marshall delivered a lecture entitled “citizenship and social class” at Cambridge University in 1949, which resulted in a significant
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Tens of thousands of Sudanese refugees have been pouring into neighboring countries in the past months following the breakout of an armed conflict in Sudan, straining the host countries’ meager resources and
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A new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report published in June 2023 reveals that approximately 9.2 million people in the U.S. try to save money by rationing their medication. This study is based on
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The Socialist Party (SP) of Zambia is once again the target of persecution by the ruling United Party for National Development (UPND). On June 15, SP President and journalist Dr. Fred M’membe issued an alert that
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According to the latest report of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Assistance (OCHA), “one in five children under [the age of] five in Pakistan suffer from wasting.” The rate of severe
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Important progress has been made in ending violence in Yemen for the first time since 2015 when the Saudi Arabia-led coalition invaded the country. However, the eight years of war have created the “world’s
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