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  • WORLD

    Brexit ‘erased £140bn from UK economy’

    Published on 11/01/2024

    » LONDON - London Mayor Sadiq Khan blames Brexit for costing the UK economy £140 billion ($178 billion), and is calling on the government to “urgently” rebuild relations with the European Union to stem the decline.

  • OPINION

    The danger of talking down immigration in Oz

    News, Daniel Moss, Published on 11/01/2024

    » Pre-pandemic Australia looks like hallowed ground that the contemporary economy will struggle to surpass. For local officials who aspire to take a crack at emulating a celebrated decades-long expansion, it's important not to downgrade a vital component that's become radioactive: immigration. The country's politicians are showing a worrying lapse in memory.

  • THAILAND

    Senators seek general debate with PM

    Aekarach Sattaburuth, Published on 09/01/2024

    » The Senate's political development committee has agreed to seek a general debate on the Pheu Thai-led government's implementation of its policies and will start gathering support on Tuesday, according to Sen Seree Suwanpanont, chair of the panel.

  • THAILAND

    'VIP patient', court step up

    Published on 08/01/2024

    » The year is off to an intriguing start, with political pundits anticipating that three Constitution Court rulings this month and the potential release of convicted former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra in February will shape the country's political landscape for months to come.

  • THAILAND

    Charter rewrite arouses suspicions

    News, Mongkol Bangprapa, Published on 04/01/2024

    » The charter amendment process is now in motion, but many are questioning if it will truly be about serving the public interest, or whether it is a strategy by the Pheu Thai-led government to cling to power.

  • OPINION

    Time to put brakes on immigration

    News, Published on 04/01/2024

    » No politician can be expected to tell us all of the truth. If they did so, they would lose an election even for town dogcatcher. Nonetheless it doesn't seem too much to suggest, in this season of hope, that 2024 might go significantly better than 2023 if more of our leaders around the world acknowledged realities about some of the troubles that beset us.

  • OPINION

    Key 2024 poll in California affects India

    Oped, Published on 03/01/2024

    » On Jan 28, people in my home state of California will finally get to cast ballots in a historic vote on whether to create a new independent country.

  • OPINION

    Predicting 2024's global challenges

    Oped, Published on 03/01/2024

    » Looking into the snow globe, it's that time of year to predict and prognosticate what awaits this tired world in the new year. There's a certain trepidation in the air as we view the current and emerging crises, especially during a highly contested election year in so many key countries.

  • WORLD

    Chad military leaders appoint former opponent PM

    AFP, Published on 02/01/2024

    » N'DJAMENA - Chad's transitional president General Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno on Monday appointed one of his leading opponents, who recently returned from exile, as prime minister.

  • WORLD

    Jailed, unseated, exiled: Hong Kong opposition party shuts its doors

    AFP, Published on 28/12/2023

    » HONG KONG - Six lapel pins bearing the Civic Party's founding date are all Hong Kong veteran politician Alan Leong kept when the once-prominent opposition group cleared its headquarters and shuttered its doors days before the new year.

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