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Sunday 12/March/2017 14:09 PM

Housing bubble déjà vu

The 2008-2009 financial crisis exposed a serious weakness in the global financial system’s architecture: an overnight market for mortgage-backed...

Saturday 11/March/2017 15:27 PM

Big brother gets bigger in India

To govern India is to be constantly overwhelmed. So much needs to be done, and there’s so little to do it with. It’s hardly surprising that the Indian...

Saturday 11/March/2017 15:09 PM

Why Hungary dares to lock up asylum seekers

Immigration opponents in Europe and the U.S. often point to Australia as an example of how migrants should be handled: Detain them if they don't have a...

Saturday 11/March/2017 14:39 PM

Trump’s gift to China

U.S. President Donald Trump’s protectionist threats against China have spurred much concern. If he follows through on his promises and, say, officially...

Saturday 11/March/2017 14:17 PM

Trump’s virtual wall

In many ways, the Republican Party’s plan to implement a “border adjustment tax” in the United States is the virtual complement of the physical wall...

Wednesday 08/March/2017 17:50 PM

Election campaigns are going global

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has likened the current German government to authoritarian regime because some German cities and states have hindered...

Wednesday 08/March/2017 16:28 PM

Google fake news

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...

Wednesday 08/March/2017 15:05 PM

MENA has a new power broker

Since the Libyan civil war began, the question hovering over everything was - will Russia get involved? This past Thursday and Friday came the answer, when...