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After Trump bromance, Biden quickly shifts cold on Putin
AFP, Published on 29/01/2021
» WASHINGTON - After Donald Trump's four-year flirtation with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden is setting a new, colder tone -- unhesitant criticism, despite openness on arms control.
Brexit's new chapter: the 'impossible' trade deal
AFP, Published on 28/01/2020
» BRUSSELS - With just days to go before Brexit, European diplomats are already hard at work for the next phase: negotiations to hammer out a future with Britain after its EU divorce.
Bezos case exposes billionaires' vulnerability to hackers
AFP, Published on 11/02/2019
» NEW YORK - The stunning revelation that a tabloid obtained below-the-belt selfies of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos -- the world's richest man -- suggests that even billionaires are not out of the reach of hackers.
Trump threatens Harley over move to Thailand
Gary Boyle, Published on 27/06/2018
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on Harley-Davidson on Tuesday, threatening to tax the company for offshoring manufacturing and saying the iconic American motorcycles should "never" be built outside the United States.
Trump threatens Harley over move to Thailand
Published on 27/06/2018
» WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump renewed his attacks on Harley-Davidson on Tuesday, threatening to tax the company for offshoring manufacturing and saying the iconic American motorcycles should "never" be built outside the United States.
At Davos, main attraction is Trump
Associated Press, Published on 24/01/2018
» WASHINGTON: One question looms as President Donald Trump packs his bags for Switzerland: How will the Diet Coke-loving nationalist fit in with the Champagne-sipping globalists he'll encounter at the World Economic Forum in Davos?
Xi: China ready for world leadership
Reuters, Published on 18/01/2017
» DAVOS, SWITZERLAND - Chinese President Xi Jinping offered a vigorous defence of free trade at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Tuesday in a speech that underscored Beijing's desire to play a greater global role as the United States turns inward.
Scores dead in French 'truck attack'
Published on 15/07/2016
» NICE, FRANCE: Eight months after a murderous rampage in Paris, a deadly attack in the coastal city of Nice on Bastille Day has left at least 84 people dead and scores injured, threatening to throw a still-traumatised France into a tailspin and raising terror alarms across Europe.
Brexit heightens global uncertainty: China's Li
AFP, Published on 27/06/2016
» TIANJIN (CHINA) - Britain's vote to leave the European Union has added new uncertainties to the global economy at a time when downward pressures on China are mounting, Premier Li Keqiang said Monday at a World Economic Forum meeting.
Surviving the clash of social change and political stasis
News, Published on 14/10/2014
» Over the past decades, societies around the world have made major progress on development. While some have succeeded in generating economic miracles, others have faced bumpier roads. The integration into the capitalist global division of labour and the social changes accompanying it, have transformed these societies. However, political structures have not been adequately adapted to these new social realities. As a consequence, societies undergoing transformation are rocked by legitimacy crises and social conflict.