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Playoff joy for Cats, Addicks and Wombles
Sports, Nobby Piles, Published on 31/05/2025
» While attention last week was naturally on the final day of the Premier League, we must not overlook some intriguing playoffs that have been going on at Wembley. A playoff final can be a stressful experience for both club and fans alike. The very fact they are at Wembley means the club have experienced a decent season, but everything comes down to one game. A defeat feels like it has been another wasted year, so near and yet so far.
The US dollar is a problem for everyone
Oped, Hippolyte Fofack, Published on 20/08/2024
» In 1971, US Treasury Secretary John Connally famously told his counterparts in the G10 that "the dollar is our currency, but it's your problem". Connally was being unexpectedly candid about the fact that, even though the greenback was the world's main reserve currency, its foremost purpose was to advance US interests.
How to prevent developing country debt crises
Oped, Hippolyte Fofack, Published on 05/08/2022
» Since the Latin American debt crisis of the 1980s, sovereign-debt crises have become a regular occurrence for emerging and developing economies. Today, Sri Lanka needs a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after defaulting on its foreign debt in May, and a growing number of low-income countries are facing similar challenges.
Man questioned over French cathedral fire rearrested: prosecutor
AFP, Published on 26/07/2020
» RENNES (FRANCE) - A man who was held and released last week by French police investigating a fire at the gothic cathedral of Nantes was on Saturday rearrested, prosecutors said.
Man questioned in arson probe into French cathedral fire
AFP, Published on 19/07/2020
» NANTES, France: French investigators questioned a man Sunday who worked as a volunteer at the gothic cathedral of Nantes which was badly damaged by fire hours after he locked it up for the night.