How FIFA turned the World Cup into a giant money-making machine

Billions of dollars are streaming into the Swiss-based organisation from broadcasting rights, advertising revenue, and ticket and hospitality sales, but have the fans been left high and dry?

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Foreign Aid: Good, Bad, or a Bit of Both?

[caption id="attachment_55255667" align="aligncenter" width="3500"] A young boy rests by empty USAID vegetable oil tins in the Dagahaley refugee camp which makes up part of the giant Dadaab refugee…

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The Surprising Success of Putinomics

[caption id="attachment_55255633" align="aligncenter" width="3500"]Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives at the Congress of Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs (RSPP) at the Ritz…

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The Two-Degree Delusion

[caption id="attachment_55255535" align="aligncenter" width="3600"] Children from the remote Turkana tribe in Northern Kenya dig a hole in a river bed to retrieve water.(Getty)[/caption] by Ted…

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Why Globalization Stalled

[caption id="attachment_55255345" align="aligncenter" width="4256"] US President Donald Trump (L) and China's President Xi Jinping leave a business leaders event at the Great Hall of the People in…

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How the Euro Lost Its Luster

[caption id="attachment_55255286" align="aligncenter" width="3000"] The Euro sculpture, built in 2001, undergoes restoration, as it gets LED lights and new panels in blue and yellow on July 10, 2015…

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How the Eurozone Might Split

[caption id="attachment_55255288" align="aligncenter" width="5200"] European Union flag with fracturing Euro coin[/caption] by Mark Blyth and Simon Tilford In February 2016, the Organization for…

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Trump and the Bond Market

[caption id="attachment_55255109" align="aligncenter" width="594"] Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. (Getty)[/caption] by…

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