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Myanmar’s Resistance Slows But Doesn’t Stop
A former Myanmar military captain is calling through a loudhailer for troops at a besieged army base to surrender to resistance forces, filmed by a BBC…
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An Election for ‘Dangerous Times’
The prime minister’s choice of timing for a general election thrusts foreign policy to the fore and will expose the parties’ differences on migration, Europe and…
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The ICC is Doing Its Job
There has been a lot of attention and controversy attached to a recent action by the international criminal court, the ICC. The core purpose of the…
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A Government Shakeup in Moscow
The Russian government announced last week a massive shakeup of its senior staff. Several ministers in civilian sectors such as energy, agriculture, industry and trade, and…
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Freedom vs prosperity: A rehash of the development vs democracy debate
The Atlantic Council, a US-based think tank, recently published a report that poses the question: does freedom lead to prosperity, or does prosperity lead to freedom?…
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The Price of Rebuilding Ukraine Goes Up Each Day − But Shirking The Bill Will Cost Even More
U.S. military assistance is finally on its way to Ukraine after months of being held up in Congress. Reactions to the $61 billion spending package, signed…
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After NHRC Loses Its UN Links, India Might Lose Vote at Human Rights Body
On May 13 this year, a headline was published which read: “UN-linked body defers NHRC-India accreditation for second year in a row”. Beneath this was the…
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For the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ebrahim Raisi’s Death ‘Too Shall Pass’
Hours after a helicopter carrying Iran’s president, foreign minister and other top officials went missing in bad weather over the Iranian province of East Azerbaijan, speculation…
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A State of Chaos
MORE than two months after taking power, the Shehbaz Sharif government has yet to find its moorings. It is like a rudderless ship with many helmsmen…
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GPT-4o, and Then What?
AI world is taking another hit by storm with the launch of the GPT-4o, the latest Chat GPT model by Open AI. In GPT-4o, “o” refers…
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Bangladesh: Where A US Ambo Can Still Captivate A Nation
Widely seen by Bangladeshis as a man of principle, Peter Haas will be remembered as most impactful US envoy in Dhaka in recent history While scrolling…
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The EAC-PM’s Paper on ‘Muslim Population’ Is a Travesty of Research Practices
Fertility rates of the poorest sections of the population of any state are impacted by the quality of educational and health services, and gender differences in…