EDITORIALS
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UNFRIENDLY SKIES
I bet that at some point you’ve flown ‘cattle class’ – that distinguished seating area into which most of us are herded. Some of us have a few scars to…
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THE BIG PICTURE
The 17th of May was a red-letter day not only for France but also for people in other parts of the world who are jaded by the political establishment and
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THE APPRENTICE
Back in the day when Twitter was not a loudspeaker for angry old men, there were unwritten rules of engagement to which
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RENEWABLE ENERGY
In 2014, the International Energy Agency (IEA) projected that under its ‘high renewables’ scenario, solar photovoltaics (PV) and concentrated solar
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BACK FROM THE DEAD
France’s presidential candidate Jean-Luc Mélenchon spoke to some 35,000 people at seven different pre-election rallies across the
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TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE
In the past, resolutions passed by the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) on Sri Lanka have generated much political controversy. Beginning
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STATE OF THE NATION
History they say isn’t what happened; it’s what you can remember as having happened. And memory is a mercurial master. There are scars in the national
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SPIN DOCTORS
Politicians sometimes have the opportunity to manufacture their own facts until we the people call them what they are
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DIGITAL DRIVING
Does the thought of traffic give you nightmares? Do you dread the snail-paced morning and evening commute between
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STATE OF THE NATION
In global politics, good speeches often unlock international goodwill. Good press about political presentations
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