Opinion

Saturday 16/July/2016 21:22 PM

Mission: Save the environment

Picture this. It is 1966. You are standing in a government office in Washington, DC, watching a uniformed official tell a man in business attire, “Your...

Saturday 16/July/2016 20:28 PM

The federalist threat to Europe

The world is fundamentally different after the “Brexit” referendum in the United Kingdom. It will be decades before we know the full effect of British...

Saturday 16/July/2016 20:07 PM

Why terrorists keep succeeding in France

France is in the line of fire. Of the 16 terrorist incidents that took place in Western nations this year, five were in France, including the deadliest one...

Saturday 16/July/2016 19:47 PM

Japan's chance to resist a turn to the right

After a landslide victory in Japan’s election on July 10th, the Liberal Democratic Party now has a supermajority in both the upper and lower houses of the...

Friday 15/July/2016 15:49 PM

Where is Pakistan next woman PM?

After a referendum in Britain where it chose to exit the EU, Theresa May swiftly became prime minister, replacing David Cameron. Britain has a woman prime...

Friday 15/July/2016 15:18 PM

Africa’s post-Brexit opportunity

The entire world felt the shockwaves from the decision by voters in the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, and Africa was no exception, especially...

Friday 15/July/2016 14:57 PM

Global cooperation as a life-and-death issue

The uncertainty generated by the United Kingdom’s recent vote to leave the European Union – which has sent shockwaves through global markets – has...

Thursday 14/July/2016 09:00 AM

So to speak: The fortune of a labourer

Three construction workers stepped out from their dilapidated labour camp and stopped to cross the road. One of them pointed a finger to a rubbish bin. They...