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Global health organisations and initiatives – and, in particular, the World Health Organisation – have traditionally focused on infectious diseases,...

One of the biggest conflicts in Washington next year will be the one between the mainstream media and the most anti-press president since at least Richard...

Brazilian lawmakers never sleep. So it was no surprise when the lower house spent the pre-dawn hours last Wednesday poking holes in a rigorous...

While most of the European Union seems panic-stricken by the prospect of a victory for French far-right leader Marine Le Pen in France’s presidential...

Do you suppose the words of Baron Rothschild in the 18th century, crossed subconsciously the mind of The Libyan British Business Council (LBBC) when they...

Across the West, faith in international governance and economic globalisation is declining. As Donald Trump’s victory in the United States’...

Donald Trump’s plans for infrastructure spending are finally materialising, and they already have no shortage of critics. But I think the critics should...

Back in 2014, Narendra Modi’s landslide victory was hailed by columnists in the Wall Street Journal and the Financial Times, who predicted that he would...

We have entered a disturbing new era. The sheer volume of false utterances and outright lies spewed during the United States’ presidential election...

The long-term sustainability of Russia’s economy is an open question. Cronyism is rife, and Russia’s heavy dependence on oil revenues means that it will...