World Digest
For Beijing, Political Goals Trump Economics
Wall Street Journal ANDREW BROWNE Exactly a year ago, Premier Li Keqiang set out the case for difficult industrial overhauls....
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Indian View: Buying influence in Washington
The Hindu NARAYAN LAKSHMAN America’s decision to supply Pakistan with F-16 fighter aircraft, despite protest from India, suggests the effectiveness...
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JNU lesson: BJP’s brand of nationalism dangerous
Asia Times KADAYAM SUBRAMANIAN India’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government, which has been in power since May 2014, got into...
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Defending Pakistani women against honour killings
Al Jazeera Aurangzeb Qureshi Disowning a successful activist filmmaker will not solve Pakistan's "honour killing" epidemic Only days after Sharmeen...
Read moreChina’s Two-Speed Economy
Wall Street Journal ANDREW BROWNE Fushun, a city built on coal in China’s industrial northeast, is in full-blown recession. Liu...
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No peace talks until foreign troops gone
Al Jazeera The Taliban has refused to take part in peace talks until the government orders foreign troops out of...
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As the route to Europe closes, migrants journey through grief
Washington Post Anthony Faiola As Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras puts it, Greece is now “a warehouse of souls.”In the freshly...
Read moreThe EU isn’t anti-democratic
The Guardian Hugo Dixon The European Union’s (EU) allegedly undemocratic nature has become one of the most potent arguments in...
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Bad elections could spell the end of the West
New York Times Anne Applebaum Back in the 1950s, when the institutions were still new and shaky, I’m sure many...
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What happened to the Arab peace plan?
Gulf News Tariq A. Al Maeena It remains to be seen whether the people of Israel will rise and demand...
Read moreEchoes of the Heart
Kazakh President satisfied with results of talks with Putin
Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signified satisfaction following the lengthy face-to-face talks with President of Russia Vladimir Putin in Sochi, the Facebook account of the President’s press secretary Ruslan Zheldibay reads. During the talks the parties debated a wide range of issues concerning trade and economic, investment, humanitarian cooperation, cooperation of the two nations in the […]Read More »