Showing 1 - 5 of 5
Putin throws Brics at his global critics
News, John J Metzler, Published on 30/10/2024
» Vladimir Putin put on a good show. The 16th annual Brics Summit in Kazan, Russia, set the stage for the gathering of what's essentially the "Alternative economic club" to the established Western groups such as the G-7 and the IMF. Thirty-five 35 delegations, including 24 heads of state and government, journeyed to Kazan for a three-day summit and schmooze session with the otherwise diplomatically isolated Russian president.
An early look at the 2025 market
News, Javier Blas, Published on 12/01/2024
» The 2024 oil market is still in its infancy, but attention is already shifting to 2025. If the global economy is starting to abandon its oil addiction, as optimists contend, the first signs of the energy transition should emerge by next year. Spoiler alert: early indications are that the beginning of the end of the fossil-fuel industry remains elusive.
Francis not the liberal Pope the world is keen for
News, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 04/09/2023
» Javier Milei, who is very likely to be elected president of Argentina in the October election, is fairly frank in his view of Pope Francis, a fellow Argentine. He calls Pope Francis "a Communist turd" and "the representative of the Evil One on Earth". Even for a ranter like Mr Milei, who ranks very high on the Trump scale of invective, that's rare praise.
Far-right politicians seek to make gains during pandemic
News, Federico Finchelstein & Jason Stanley, Published on 09/05/2020
» In stark contrast to the effective leadership shown by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Singapore's autocratic technocracy, the world's far-right nationalists have met the Covid-19 crisis with something not seen in decades: the fascist politics of disease. And no one typifies this brand of politics better than Brazil's president, Jair Bolsonaro.
Perils of being most-visited city
News, Javier Delgado Rivera, Published on 27/11/2019
» Though Bangkok still does not suffer the level of tourist saturation that some smaller cities like Venice and Barcelona complain about, it should learn how to cope with increasing numbers of visitors.