Court frames sexual harassment charges against ex-WFI chief

NEW DELHI: Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court has...

CHRISTIANITY: Wound of love

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GOA’S ENCHANTING EVOLUTION

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Iran’s proxies are a threat to peace in Middle East

Teheran has created a network of allies among more than a dozen major militias across the region, some with their own political parties, which...

Iran’s hanging judge will now be the President

In 1988, at the age of 28, he became one of four people on the infamous Panel of Death that sent thousands of political...

Bye-bye, Bibi, for now?

Although his political agility got him out of so many tight spots that even his detractors called him a magician, Netanyahu became dogged by...

What happens when Joe meets Vlad?

Many see the summit on Wednesday as a critical moment in the attempt to revive the poor relations between the US and Russia. ‘Do you...

DID Europe’s last dictator embrace Vladimir Putin?

Lukashenko’s transparent act of air piracy sent a clear message to dissidents around the world that authoritarian states no longer feel any need to...

Of course Covid escaped from a Chinese laboratory

At last, expert opinion is beginning to agree. Nearly a year and a half into the pandemic, the new consensus among experts is beginning to...

Israel and Palestinians agree on a ceasefire, but now what?

It seems that a spooky Faustian pact exists between the two sides: Hamas needs enemies like Netanyahu, just as Netanyahu needs enemies like Hamas. London:...

China turns the screws on Australia as relations sink to a new low

China is Australia’s dominant trading partner and Xi was spot-on in identifying the mutual benefit to both countries. But in recent years, China has...

Mysterious Long Covid could be a life-changing experience

Scientists tell us that there are about fifty different symptoms associated with Long Covid, with some surveys identifying more than one hundred. Common are...

Why is Vladimir Putin so vindictive against Alexei Navalny?

After more than 20 years, many Russians, especially the younger generation, are weary of Putin and rampant corruption, frustrated by the erosion of their...

Myanmar is descending into a failed state and civil war

Neighbouring countries, such as India, will feel the pressure once again to accept droves of migrants and refugees and reckon with growing lawlessness, violence...

Why countries should boycott 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics

There is no doubt that the Chinese Communist Party will use the Games for its own propaganda purposes, shoring up its legitimacy at home...

Drumbeats of war building across Russia’s border with Ukraine

Fears were increased last week when Russian daily Nezavisimaya Gazeta reported that ‘it is obvious that Moscow is indeed preparing for a possible war...

Is a war between U.S. and China over Taiwan inevitable?

Many prominent analysts believe that a crisis over the island is brewing and that the chances of war are highly likely. ‘China considers establishing full...

China aims to turn digital yuan into a truly global currency to rival US dollar

The balance could tip sharply in China’s favour if Beijing starts forcing other governments to make payments in e-yuan for trade and development projects....

Is Japan’s love affair with Myanmar cooling?

The coup has presented a moral and practical crisis to the more than 400 Japanese companies that have invested nearly $2 billion since Myanmar’s...

Coup in Myanmar poses a challenging dilemma for its neighbours

Just as in Pakistan, the military has become extremely wealthy, controlling a vast web of companies with links to industries such as jade and...

Will Russian gas destroy India’s largest trading partner?

Nord Stream 2 could be the last straw, leading to the collapse of the EU. London: As you read this, a flotilla of Russian boats...

Navalny shows Russian justice is a sick joke, but only Putin is laughing

The Kremlin is banking on the expectation that Navalny’s protest movement will exhaust itself, just as others have done in the past. However, a...

Democracy in America is hanging by a thread

The United States is undergoing a transition that no rich and stable democracy has ever experienced. Its historically dominant group is on its way...

China, Russia compete for a vaccine soft power victory; India could win

Unlike India, whose soft power projection simply magnifies its accelerating importance in the world, both China and Russia have serious charges of corruption, bullying...

A political stitch-up: Twice-impeached Trump will be acquitted again

The Constitution demands that any conviction requires a two-thirds majority, which means that even if all 50 Democrats find Trump guilty, they still need...

Beijing Biden doesn’t exist: US policy on China will stay same yet change radically

With Donald Trump’s departure from the White House, President Joe Biden has the opportunity to fix the failed China policy. Early signs are promising. Days...

Persecution of Jack Ma sends a red signal to Chinese investors

Speculation is mounting that Ma is being treated in the same way as other Chinese billionaire businessmen who were deemed to have grown too...

Europe’s big deal with China; what’s going on?

Many have argued that this is the wrong time to agree to any investment deal with Beijing and that concluding 2020 with the signing...

Will Putin be feasting on Turkey this year?

There are just two remaining parts of Putin’s master-plan before retirement: to destroy the European Union; and to destroy NATO. The Kremlin is a happy...

Europe is struggling with the problem of Islamist extremists

Extremists are a tiny number of the 26 million Muslims in Europe, but attract a disproportionate amount of publicity. The only way of moving...

2020 WAS THE CHINESE YEAR OF THE BULL(Y)

China’s continued attack on Australia is unprecedented, but Xi Jinping clearly sees the country as a soft target because of its economic dependence on China.

2020 WAS THE CHINESE YEAR OF THE BULL(Y)

China’s continued attack on Australia is unprecedented, but Xi Jinping clearly sees the country as a soft target because of its economic dependence on China.

2020 WAS THE CHINESE YEAR OF THE BULL(Y)

China’s continued attack on Australia is unprecedented, but Xi Jinping clearly sees the country as a soft target because of its economic dependence on China.

The genius of Donald Trump

Perhaps ‘Dodgy Donald’ will enter America’s lexicon, just as ‘Tricky Dicky’ did for President Richard Nixon after all the lies about the Watergate scandal...

How China spies

Intelligence agencies in most western nations continue to focus on the threat from Russia and have only recently begun to address concerns about China’s...

China and America go head to head over Portugal

An economic flash-point between the two superpowers is developing in the Portuguese port of Sines, which is the closest port in mainland Europe to...

Truth Decay can be painful and dangerous; it might even kill

People around the world no longer rely on facts and data as much as they used to. This is a problem at any time,...

With Biden and Magnitsky, US can lead world on human rights

Magnitsky awards are named after Moscow lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who was tortured and beaten to death 11 years ago by Russian prison guards after...

Spare a thought for Donald

Trump presidency has so despoiled the office and undermined his country’s claim to the world’s respect that smirking authoritarians are pointing to its hideous...

Can the Disunited States of America survive this election?

The extraordinary idea of the break-up of America is receiving attention nowadays because of the dramatic Republican-Democrat divide in the country promoted by President...

Xi Jinping’s dystopian world is a danger to democracy

Xi is using the power of technology not only to repress the Chinese people, but to push his Marxist-Leninist mode of government to other...

Middle East is benefitting from China-U.S. tensions

All six GCC countries are playing a careful diplomatic game with the US and China, believing that they could be uniquely positioned to take...

Seventeen days to go: Vigilantes are loading their guns

Trump’s warnings that he could lose only if he were cheated out of the vote are taken by many as ‘dog whistles’ for vigilantes...

What’s the point of the Quad?

The risk is that if the Quad develops into a Nato-like alliance, it will create a self fulfilling prophesy in which the PRC responds...

Foreign policy blunders of Trump 1.0 could be dangerous for India

Because the US abrogated the JCPOA, it’s unlikely that the UN will re-establish global sanctions on Iran. America will pursue its own low-key measures,...

Czech out this pocket of resistance against China

In the eyes of many Czechs, as Chinese investment has increased, so has corruption. The new pro-China direction has sparked a backlash from Czech...

Sleepy Joe or Dodgy Donald, who would be most effective against China? President Biden, of course

One of the two elderly, flawed characters will be elected to be the most powerful person on the planet in November.   London: Forty-four days to...

Two reasons why Trump has a deferential relationship with Putin

London: When asked a question about the poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny last week, President Donald Trump gave a rambling response mentioning China,...

Fifty-eight more days before America explodes

With 58 days to go, Joe Biden remains the firm favourite to win the presidency on 3 November.   “For the first time in my life,...

Is the ‘Abraham Accord’ already unravelling?

The UAE now joins Egypt and Jordan to make the third Arab state to recognise Israel.   This month’s announcement by President Donald Trump that diplomatic...

Zany conspiracists propel Trump’s Republican Party to a new low

Marjorie Greene does not only confine herself to rants and disparaging remarks against Jews, Blacks and Muslims, she is also an adherent of QAnon,...

The clock is ticking for TikTok

Being tough on China is a linchpin of Trump’s re-election campaign.   “Brazen hypocrisy” is perhaps not the most diplomatic phrase one could use to describe...

Why Putin will keep a watchful eye on elections in Belarus

This election comes when the love-fest between Russia and Belarus, which has blown hot and cold since 1995 when they agreed a Treaty of...

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