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Sri Lanka's dangerous debt restructuring
By Jayati Ghosh and Kanchana N. Ruwanpura - Oct 17, 2024 - Last updated at Oct 17, 2024 21:12
COLOMBO — More than a year after the mass protest movement known as the Aragalaya ousted Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his br ...
The destructive legacy of mass starvation
By Mariana Chilton - Oct 16, 2024 - Last updated at Oct 16, 2024 21:49
 PHILADELPHIA — In the year since Hamas’s October 7, 2023 surprise attack, Israeli forces have killed an estimated 41,200 Palestinians, ...
Water diplomacy: A strategic imperative for the Middle East
By Hana Namrouqa - Oct 15, 2024 - Last updated at Oct 16, 2024 03:33
As water scarcity deepens in the Middle East, Jordan finds itself at the heart of the region’s looming water crisis. ...
‘Not viable’: Barcelona turns against surging tourism
By Rosa Sulleiro and Anahi Aradas - Oct 14, 2024 - Last updated at Oct 14, 2024 21:51
BARCELONA — Tourists are flocking to Barcelona in ever increasing numbers, fuelling anger among locals who complain that mass tourism is dri ...
Jordan’s ongoing commitment to the International Criminal Court
By Yazan Dakhlallah Haddadin - Oct 12, 2024 - Last updated at Oct 12, 2024 23:09
Whilst the formal establishment of the International Criminal Court (ICC) took place in 1998, its genesis has been long and complex, spannin ...
Boiling America's economy
By Anne O. Krueger - Oct 08, 2024 - Last updated at Oct 08, 2024 21:25
 WASHINGTON, DC — It is said that if you put a frog in boiling water, it immediately jumps out; but if you put it in cold water and gra ...
Trump’s tariffs are an opportunity for Harris
By Harold James - Oct 07, 2024 - Last updated at Oct 07, 2024 21:48
 PRINCETON — Although trade policy is being debated everywhere, rarely is it addressed honestly. ...
Austria’s far right did not win
By Maciej Kisilowski - Oct 04, 2024 - Last updated at Oct 04, 2024 03:35
VIENNA – Commentators have been unanimous in describing Sunday’s legislative election in Austria as a victory for the far-right Freedom Part ...
How is the world really doing on the SDGs?
By Homi Kharas, John W. McArthur - Oct 01, 2024 - Last updated at Oct 01, 2024 22:15
SHINGTON, DC — Any reader of the daily news could be forgiven for thinking the world is in decline. ...
And now, back to 2007
By Mwaffaq Otoom - Sep 30, 2024 - Last updated at Sep 30, 2024 21:47
The current situation in the region brought to my mind the historical speech of His Majesty King Abdullah, in which the King addressed a joi ...

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