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February 16, 2018
Is the ANC South Africa’s real problem?
February 15, 2018
Antisocial media
February 14, 2018
Accounting for charity
February 13, 2018
Why did Suu Kyi welcome
British foreign secretary?
IN a democracy, political leaders are either in government or sit on the opposition benches, preparing for the next election. But in the Maldives, according to Mohamed Nasheed, chairman of the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) and a former president, “you’re either in government or in jail.”The latest developments in this South Asian island country, located in the Indian Ocean, have also something to do with the jailing of political opponents. The crisis began after the Maldivian Supreme Court quashed convictions ranging from corruption to terrorism against nine opposition figures, including Nasheed, its first democratically elected leader, and ordered the government to free those in jail.Yameen reacted by declaring a 15-day State of Emergency on Feb. 5, granting law enforcement...
February 12, 2018
Maldives crisis: Neighbors’ role
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is now acknowledging that police are expected to recommend his indictment for accepting bribes, fraud and breach of trust. The admission from the premier, now in his third consecutive term in office, is as stunning as the charges.Netanyahu is facing at least two cases that could ultimately bring him down. Case 1000 involves allegations that Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, inappropriately accepted, even demanded, expensive gifts in return for political favors.Regarding Case 2000, Netanyahu is suspected of a quid pro quo, negotiating favorable coverage with the publisher of a newspaper that has often criticized him, Yedioth Ahronoth, in exchange for curtailing the circulation, by way of a bill, of its biggest competitor, Israel Hayom.Netanyahu is a...
February 11, 2018
Netanyahu feels the end is near
February 10, 2018
A hot Winter Olympics
February 09, 2018
Germany’s dubious deal
February 08, 2018
Market corrections
February 07, 2018
The plastic challenge
