By Seong-hyon Lee China’s economic predicament is rooted in a struggling real estate sector and a strategy predicated on a shift towards high-tech industries. President Xi Jinping’s prioritisation of national security and scepticism of market…
By Noel Clehane While the EU’s center has held in the face of the far-right advance, the European elections notably confirmed the pre-vote predictions of its twin heavyweights. Less than two weeks earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron carried out Paris’s first state…
Richard “Kinky” Friedman — the provocative and flamboyant Texas satirist who mounted a spirited campaign for governor in 2006 and was known for his boundary-pushing music and deep love for animals — died this week….
By Denys Reva In early June, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov visited Guinea, the Republic of the Congo and Burkina Faso – his sixth official visit to Africa since 2022. As Russia ramps up its…
President Joe Biden on Wednesday issued a blanket pardon to LGBTQ service members convicted and discharged from the military under a gay sex ban that has been off the books for more than a decade….
Why is a comprehensive stabilisation plan that goes one step beyond a zero deficit / zero money-printing commitment needed in Argentina? By Ernesto Talvi and Sofía Harguindeguy The hardest part of the stabilisation plan has already…