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The Future Ain’t What it Used to Be - Final Part
Culture & Social Affairs

The Future Ain’t What it Used to Be - Final Part

HG Wells, chatting up a pretty girl in a future…

Bryn Haworth 09 August , 2019
Not Your Father’s Bots
Science & Technology

Not Your Father’s Bots

North Korean industry is critical to Pyongyang’s economy as international sanctions have already put a chill on its interaction with foreign…

Sarah Kreps 09 August , 2019
A man carries a cooler as he passes giant bottles of Coca Cola on a beach in Cancun, Mexico on October 13, 2015. (Reuters)
Business & Economy

Let Them Eat Junk

Inthe United StatesandEurope, junk food sales have precipitously declined since the late 1990s. Analysts have put the change up to greater health…

Eduardo J. Gómez 09 August , 2019
Members of the territory's medical sector attend a protest in Edinburgh Place in Hong Kong on August 2, 2019.  (Getty)
Culture & Social Affairs

Will China Crush the Protests in Hong Kong?

For five months,Hong Konghas seen waves of massive protests and violence in the streets. And for five months, the local authorities, with the…

Michael C. Davis and Victoria Tin-bor Hui 09 August , 2019
A speedboat of the Iran's Revolutionary Guard moves around a British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero which was seized in the Strait of Hormuz on Friday by the Guard, in the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas. (AP)
Politics

Iranian Oil Smuggling and Naval Piracy Fail to Blunt Sanctions

As Washington’s net of sanctions continues to tighten, Iran has mounted a campaign of naval and diplomatic brinkmanship toward America’s Arab…

Joseph Braude 09 August , 2019
Neo-Nazis, alt-Right, and white supremacists march the night before the "Unite the Right" rally, on Friday, Aug. 11, 2017 through the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. (TNS)
Politics

White Supremacists and ISIS Recruits Have More in Common Than You Might Think

On the surface, white supremacists and ISIS recruits would not seem to have much in common. One group embraces a racist, anti-immigrant ideology…

Melissa Etehad 09 August , 2019
Lebanese Druze leader Walid Jumblatt. (AFP)
Politics

Hezbollah is Firming up its Grip on Lebanon

Hezbollah does not seem to be satisfied with the current grip it has on Lebanon. Despite winning the 2008 parliamentary elections and…

Hanin Ghaddar 09 August , 2019

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Activists burn an effigy of Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte depicted as a sea monster, during a protest near congress to coincide with Duterte's state of the nation address in Manila on July 22, 2019. (Getty)

August 5

A boy crosses a roadblock in the Kilijiwe district of northern Goma, in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, on July 24, 2019. (Getty)

August 5

Pnar, or Jaintia, tribesmen carry traditional Raths or chariots during events to mark the Behdienkhlam festival in Tuber village in the northeastern state of Meghalaya on July 22, 2019. (Getty)

August 5

- A wheelchair is seen amid the rubble of destroyed buildings following a reported regime air strike on the town of Ariha, in the south of Syria's Idlib province, on July 24, 2019.(Getty)

August 5

Stranded whales lie on the beach at Löngufjörur in the Snaefellsnes peninsula. About 50 pilot whales were stranded on the beach, a frequent but rarely fatal phenomenon among these cetaceans and which remains unexplained. (Getty)

August 5

Orthodox nuns look on as they take part in a religious procession during the celebration of the 1031st anniversary of the Christianisation of Kievan Rus in Kiev on July 27, 2019. - Tens of thousand of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Moscow patriarchy) believers took part in the open air service and in the religious procession in Ukrainian capital on July 27, 2019. (Getty)

Nineteen Dead in Explosion Due to Cairo Car Crash

Nineteen Dead in Explosion Due to Cairo Car Crash

Nineteen people died and 30 were injured in an explosion resulting from a car crash in central Cairo, Egypt’s health ministry said on Monday. …

Reuters 05 August , 2019
Will Facebook's Libra Change the Way the World Banks?
Science & Technology

Will Facebook's Libra Change the Way the World Banks?

The crusaders who left westernEuropeto “liberate” the Holy Land might seem to have little in common with contemporary Facebook users. But Libra,…

Kevin Werbach 02 August , 2019
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Pete Reynolds
Politics

Israel’s election may not end its political crisis

26, Oct 2026

With a complex election setup and the deep polarisation that has plagued Israel in recent years, expect prolonged political deadlock

Michael Horowitz
Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Rwanda's Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva during a welcoming ceremony for participants of the Russia-Africa Summit in Moscow, Russia, on 28 October 2026. Igor Ivanko/REUTERS
Business & Economy

Russia-Africa summit: ambitions and challenges

29, Oct 2026

Amid competition for influence and resources, Russia knows that Africa is a market with potential. For African states, Russian companies are still of interest, but the value equation needs to change

Rana Freifer
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Politics

Lula defies Latin America’s pro-Trump wave

28, Oct 2026

Brazil's left-wing president won a historic fourth term in office

Catherine Osborn
Anne-Claire Legendre, the newly appointed president of the Institut du monde arabe, poses for a portrait at the institute’s headquarters in Paris, on 18 February, 2026 AFP
Culture & Social Affairs

Anne-Claire Legendre’s vision for the Institut du monde arabe

29, Oct 2026

As the institute approaches its 40th anniversary, its president outlines a new vision for cultural collaboration between the Arab world and Europe

Elie Kossaifi
President Masoud Pezeshkian (R) greeting Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi (R), in Tehran on 18 May 2025. Iranian Presidency / AFP
Politics

Afghanistan: Iran's strategic depth card in Central Asia

28, Oct 2026

Once nurtured by Pakistan, the Taliban now works closely with Iran, much to the delight of Russia and China

Kamal Alam

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