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The Chinese authorities' seemingly capricious decision last week to trigger circuit breakers, and then to rapidly remove them, added to the chaos in the...

Today more than ever, to paraphrase the poet John Donne, “no country is an island entire of itself.” India, too, has recognised this, becoming fully...

The Muttrah fish market is constantly jam-packed with natives, who come to buy an array of fish being sold, as well as tourists, who are visiting the...

Abu Ali murmured to himself as he weighed up coins in his right hand and sand on the other. When his friends asked about it, Abu Ali answered, “Both my...

British Prime Minister David Cameron has lately begun to speak out about the importance of European Union membership for the United Kingdom’s security....

In Pakistan, city planning is usually an afterthought. The government only appears to wake up to the problems of citizens once cities run out of resources,...

Not so long ago, Russia could bend Ukraine to its will by threatening to cut off natural gas supplies. Now, Russia is offering discounts, but Ukraine is not...