CURRENT AFFAIRS
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BRITISH POLITICS
On 5 September, Liz Truss was elected by 0.12 percent of the UK’s population (81,326 Conservative Party members) to be the nation’s 56th prime minister
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SRI LANKA TODAY
The past six months have seen living standards of a majority of Sri Lankans fall precipitously. An increase in the price of a
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LESSONS FROM SINGAPORE
The story of ‘The Red Dot’ – as Singapore’s 5.9 million citizens affectionately call it – is about an incredible ‘rags to riches’ history
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EDUCATION REFORMS
Speaking about education, American journalist Bob Talbert once opined: “Teaching kids to count is fine but teaching them what counts is best.”
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WITHER DEMOCRACY
“Servitude debases men so much they begin to love it,” observed French writer and moralist Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues. Arise, slaves – people’s power has deposed a would-be…
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TAIWAN IMBROGLIO
Nancy Pelosi is the Speaker of the US House of Representatives and at 82, the third most powerful person in the US – and she is no shy violet
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SRI LANKA TODAY
Ranil Wickremesinghe became Sri Lanka’s eighth executive president and finally won the prize in his third attempt. He lost in 1999 to Chandrika Kumaratunga
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THE RULE OF LAW
The rule of law ultimately defines civilised society. When the President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta was sworn into office for the second and final time in 2017
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HONG KONG TODAY
The easiest way to do it when profiling national economies is to research the topic, and then turn those facts into meaningful and descriptive words that paint
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