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Philippine presidential candidate Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr., son of late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, delivers a speech during a campaign rally in Lipa, Batangas province, Philippines. Photo: Reuters
Thoughts

The echoes of America’s hypocrisy abroad

Decades of Western support for dictators have caused a crisis of democracy

Mariana Mazzucato
Thoughts

What if our economy valued what matters?

A woman cleans the inside of an exhibit representing a natural gas pipeline at the booth of Nord Stream during final preparations at the "Hannover Messe" industrial trade fair in Hannover April 15, 2007. REUTERS/Christian Charisius/File Photo
World+Biz

Germany to step up plans to cut dependence on Russia gas

Russia has generated a crisis that underlines the risks the United States and other NATO members would run in treating Ukraine as a formal or de facto ally. Photo: Reuters
Thoughts

Causing crisis works

Abandoned cities in the world
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Abandoned cities in the world

A healthcare professional prepares a dose of AstraZeneca (Covid-19) vaccine at the Narok County Referral Hospital, in Narok, Kenya, December 1, 2021. Photo: Reuters
Coronavirus chronicle

Short AstraZeneca shelf life complicates Covid vaccine rollout to world's poorest

The most amazing sunsets in the world
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The most amazing sunsets in the world

Aerial photo taken on Jan. 9, 2022 shows a Covid-19 testing site in Nankai District of north China's Tianjin. Photo :Reuters
China

China's anti-pandemic approach suits national condition, benefits whole world

he trash was reportedly loaded onto trucks and transported to a landfill site. Picture: Collected from BBC
World+Biz

World must work together to tackle plastic ocean threat: WWF

Yanis Varoufakis, politician. Sketch/TBS
Thoughts

How the Euro divided Europe

Saturnino de la Fuente García was born in León, Spain on Feb. 11, 1909. Photo :New York Post
World+Biz

World's oldest man dies 3 weeks short of 113th birthday

Wind turbines are seen in a corn field in Newton, Iowa, on Oct. 11, 2019. JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAGES/Foreign Policy
World+Biz

World risks more years of high energy prices, emissions: IEA

Dangerous sports in the world
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Dangerous sports in the world