CURRENT AFFAIRS
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ONE BELT ONE ROAD
In January, a freight train from China reached the UK carrying 34 containers packed with clothes, shoes, suitcases and other
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DOLLAR DOMINATION
Few would contest that the United States enjoys a privileged status in international trade. Yet, most of this privilege isn’t derived from unfettered markets,
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WOMEN OF COURAGE
Shakespeare’s Hamlet may have typified the conventional image of women through his words: “Frailty, thy name is woman.” Yet, history continues to prove that
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HERMIT KINGDOM
North Korea’s growing nuclear threat cast an ominous shadow over US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s first visit to the
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TERRORIST RECRUITMENT
Inequality has become a hot-button topic today – understandably so. The facts are so obscene that it’s difficult to believe they’re real. In January,
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SOUTH KOREAN SIEGE
Politicians ascend positions of leadership and often forget their raison d’être, behaving as if they’re not accountable to anyone. Thought leader Katherine
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OIL PRODUCTION
It just so happens that the world’s oil wealth is located underneath a land in turmoil. It’s both a blessing and a curse: a blessing because it brings
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EUROPE ELECTIONS
While referenda and elections in the UK and the US have always been of interest to those of us in the Eastern hemisphere, the unforeseen rise of populist
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DISPUTED OILFIELDS
Within the vast deserts of the Middle East lies a hydrocarbon treasure. Prior to the discovery of oil, the local Bedouins paid no attention to
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DIGITAL WORLD
The Digital Transformation Forum 2017 lured attendees with some facts to stop them in their tracks. According to a recent Gartner survey, 20 percent
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