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Monday 04/July/2016 15:36 PM

Brexit’s lesson for Asia’s democracies

The United Kingdom, in voting to divorce the European Union, is steering the West into uncharted territory. Will the EU now unravel, as other populists and...

Monday 04/July/2016 15:21 PM

The missing link

With the launch of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) project involving development of the Gwadar seaport and setting up of three trade corridors...

Monday 04/July/2016 14:48 PM

Don't mess with India's Central Bank

The first repercussions of the impending departure of Raghuram Rajan from the Reserve Bank of India could now be visible -- and it looks like those who...

Sunday 03/July/2016 22:22 PM

Bangladesh in mourning after terror attacks

Times of Oman designers depict a world around them through illustrations everyday, either to enhance the visual elements of a story or as a standalone...

Sunday 03/July/2016 15:59 PM

The high cost of US protectionism

We have been pushovers for too long when it comes to trade, says Donald Trump. In a speech in Pennsylvania this week, he said: “When subsidized foreign...

Sunday 03/July/2016 15:36 PM

How to transform an education system

A week, it is said, is a long time in politics. That was certainly the case at the end of last month, when, in a single day, the United Kingdom voted to...

Sunday 03/July/2016 15:20 PM

The future of computing

Ever since the American computer scientist John McCarthy coined the term “Artificial Intelligence” in 1955, the public has imagined a future of sentient...

Sunday 03/July/2016 14:50 PM

The anti-globalization Brexplosion

Populism, nationalism, and xenophobia all contributed to the victory of the “Leave” campaign in the United Kingdom’s recent referendum on membership...