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Russia tests limits of World Cup feel-good factor
AFP, Published on 04/07/2018
» MOSCOW: Safe, exciting, well-organised: Russian President Vladimir Putin has scored points by hosting the World Cup. But the soft-power dividend at home and abroad is limited, analysts warn.
Act now on ageing society before it's too late
News, Wichit Chantanusornsiri, Published on 05/07/2018
» In the next three years, people aged over 60 in Thailand will account for 13.8 million, or 20% of the population. This means in a group of five, there will be one elderly person. In demographic science, a country where 20% of its people are aged 60 years old or higher is categorised as an ageing society.
Chinese savers won't save China
News, Christopher Balding, Published on 09/07/2018
» Chinese are, in the popular imagination as well as some economic statistics, inveterate savers. According to the International Monetary Fund, the Chinese savings rate stood at an astonishing 46% in 2016, compared to a global average around 25%. Chinese planners have long sought to bring that ratio down in order to promote consumption and ease the economy's overreliance on investment. If only Chinese would shop more, the thinking goes, China wouldn't need to rely on smokestack factories and boondoggle infrastructure projects to drive growth.
Protectionism not good for growth
News, Published on 09/07/2018
» We are passing through an interesting time. There is a likelihood that trade war between two of the world's biggest economies -- China and USA -- may blow out of proportion. The consequence may be another economic downturn in the offing. During an economic crisis, consumers spend less, and investors do not invest (or postpone their investment decisions). There is a general sense of pessimism about future earning prospects, leading to higher unemployment and lower productivity growth.
Raising actuaries to supply Thai firms
Business, Darana Chudasri, Published on 13/07/2018
» Working as an actuary is a challenging career for those enthralled with mathematics and numbers, with brisk job growth prospects as Thailand has very few people on this career path.
Russian MPs approve pension reform amid protests
AFP, Published on 19/07/2018
» MOSCOW - Russian lawmakers Thursday approved a hugely unpopular government plan to hike the pension age that has led to protests and a record slump in Vladimir Putin's approval ratings.
Manila's 'Golden Gays' sing for their supper
AFP, Published on 22/07/2018
» MANILA: Al Enriquez sheds his threadbare street vendor clothes like dead skin and develops a voguish, winking air once he slips into a gauzy gown and wig of tight blond curls.
Three liberal prophets of doom
News, John Lloyd, Published on 31/07/2018
» Liberal democratic institutions and states are under sustained pressure, from outside and from within. The question now is how well liberal and democratic defences can withstand the onslaught.
Greece emerges from bailouts relieved, but not euphoric
AFP, Published on 19/08/2018
» ATHENS: The youngest Greeks may not be able to remember what life was like beforehand: the third and last of the country's international bailouts comes to an end on Monday, and while Greece is faring better, it still bears the scars of eight years of austerity.
German far-left politician launches 'Stand up' movement
AFP, Published on 04/09/2018
» BERLIN: A German far-left politician will launch on Tuesday a cross-party movement called "Stand up", modelled on the populist campaigns of US Senator Bernie Sanders and Britain's Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.