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For anyone still undecided about the consequences of global warming, the summer of 2018, one of the hottest on record, should have tipped the scales. Across...

For any investor interested in Africa, there is only one place to be this week: Johannesburg. When the three-day Africa Investment Forum opens on November...

It has been three years since world leaders committed to one of the boldest goals ever set in global public health: achieving universal health coverage by...

What we care about most is often our undoing. So it was for Angela Merkel, who recently announced her intention to step down as leader of the Christian...

Now that we are witnessing what looks like the historic decline of the West, it is worth asking what role economists might have played in the disasters of...

According to the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world’s main scientific authority on global warming, keeping global...

This year marks a decade since the global financial crisis erupted. For the United States, 2018 is very different from 2008. The economy has gone from the...

I’ve been a witness to the way the world processes American political dialogue. As a young speechwriter, I was puzzled when my boss erased an applause...

Just seven months ago, Russian President Vladimir Putin won re-election, for the fourth time, with 77 per cent of the vote. But according to a poll...

Who can now sustain rapid economic growth? The answer to this question will determine not just the geography of prosperity in the coming decades, but also...