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Italy-Poland showdown headlines last-8 battles
Sports, Published on 03/09/2025
» The quarter-finals of the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship begin today with the Netherlands taking on Japan and Italy facing Poland.
Italy, Poland to lock horns in quarters
Sports, Published on 01/09/2025
» Top-ranked Italy will meet Poland in the quarter-finals of the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship after both teams moved past their opponents in the Round of 16 on Saturday.
What's to blame for inequality?
Oped, Published on 01/09/2025
» Over a decade ago, Nobel laureates Daron Acemoglu and James A Robinson, together with their co-author Thierry Verdier, contrasted America's "cutthroat" brand of capitalism with Western Europe's "cuddly" version. The qualities that make cutthroat capitalism more conducive to innovation, they argued, also lead to higher levels of inequality, while cuddly reward structures tend to lead to lower growth and higher welfare. Today, inequality is soaring, notably in the United States. Do policies aimed at boosting innovation risk making a bad situation worse?
Putin and Modi in China for summit hosted by Xi
AFP, Published on 31/08/2025
» TIANJIN (CHINA) - President Xi Jinping gathered the leaders of Russia and India among dignitaries from around 20 Eurasian countries on Sunday for a showpiece summit aimed at putting China front and centre of regional relations.
Russia strikes across Ukraine as peace prospects dim
AFP, Published on 30/08/2025
» KYIV - Russia launched “massive” strikes across Ukraine overnight, rescue services said on Saturday, a new blow to peace efforts that drew a fresh appeal from President Volodymyr Zelensky for US and European help.
Hope and hate: how migrant influx has changed Germany
AFP, Published on 29/08/2025
» BERLIN — Men sit outside shisha bars and women in hijabs push strollers past Middle Eastern restaurants and pastry shops in Berlin's Sonnenallee, a wide avenue which has become a symbol of how much Germany has changed in the last decade.
Risky central bank politicisation
Published on 29/08/2025
» There is legitimate debate about the actual independence of modern-day central banks, but almost everyone agrees that overt politicisation of monetary policy — as we appear to be seeing in the United States — is dangerous. Why is that?
Clash of the eastern rivals in Bangkok
Sports, Published on 29/08/2025
» Thailand will take on arch-rivals Japan as the Round of 16 of the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship begins at the Indoor Stadium Huamark on Friday.
Serbia march on but injury mars victory
Sports, Published on 27/08/2025
» Two-time defending champions Serbia advanced to the last 16 of the 2025 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship on Monday after sweeping past Cameroon 3-0 for their second successive win in Pool H.
What is the Gaza war costing us?
Oped, Published on 27/08/2025
» As the horrors in Gaza continue, owing to the lack of any plan to end the violence, it is necessary to ask what the costs will be, not just regionally but globally. The suffering inflicted upon innocent civilians in Gaza has become almost indescribable. Yet Israel has decided to redouble its military operation, opening another phase in its regional expansionist policy, with severe ramifications for international peace and security, as well as for Gaza's humanitarian crisis.