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News, Paritta Wangkiat, Published on 17/09/2018
» The Global Climate Action Summit (GCAS) last week provided a positive outlook for the planet as leaders ranging from business executives, governors and mayors from around the world came together in pledging their commitments for a carbon neutral future.
News, Thitinan Pongsudhirak, Published on 07/09/2018
» No national project of global reach carries as much stake and attracts as much attention as China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Conceived in 2013, the BRI is the colossal brainchild of President Xi Jinping and his government.
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 05/09/2018
» On Sunday, Brazil's top electoral court ruled that "Lula", former president Luiz Inácio da Silva, cannot run in the presidential election this October.
News, Bobby Ghosh, Published on 29/08/2018
» Two years ago, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia, began what he hoped would be a thoroughgoing reform of the country's economy. Changes were certainly needed: The economy was too dependent on oil revenues, which were distributed inefficiently through patronage networks.
News, Published on 09/08/2018
» Until relatively recently and perhaps not since the oil crisis of the 70s, did managers need to worry about geopolitics. However, the calculus has changed utterly.
News, Mihir Sharma, Published on 12/07/2018
» You may not have noticed, what with the outbreak of trade war with the US and all, but China's economic diplomacy has had a bad few weeks. The country's flagship Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is dealing with ever-greater resistance, slowing a momentum that once seemed unstoppable. In fact, I'd argue that the BRI is stalled.
News, Andy Mukherjee, Published on 18/05/2018
» Mahathir Mohamad blamed everyone except himself and his policies for his country's entanglement in the 1997 Asian crisis. It appears two decades haven't been enough to mellow the Malaysian leader.
News, Editorial, Published on 06/05/2018
» In the old days, a dating application like Tinder that allows users to swipe left to reject or swipe right to express interest in the person who posts his or her profile for viewing was beyond imagination.
News, Postbag, Published on 05/02/2018
» Re: "On the wrong track", (PostBag, Feb 3).
News, Editorial, Published on 03/01/2018
» It's encouraging to hear the New Year's resolution from the Central Investigation Bureau bigwigs about stepping up their battle against crime. The CIB deals specifically with fraud, scams and online tricksters. Last year, such crimes became bigger than ever. Thousands of people admitted falling victim to fraud schemes. CIB chief Pol Lt Gen Thitirat Nongharnpitak says he intends to put those crimes at the centre of his 2018 investigations, and he has outlined positive steps to do it.