British Airways-owner IAG is likely to be a frontrunner to buy a stake in Portuguese carrier TAP, valued at about $1 billion, bankers and analysts said, marking the next phase…
EVERY country is a continuum — even one as comparatively young as Pakistan. In 1947, Pandit Nehru cannily chose India, leaving the Quaid to grapple with an acronym. Seventy-seven years…
Extreme weather events continue to manifest worldwide in various forms. A few days back, Toronto (Canada) experienced over 100 millimeters (about four inches) of rain, matching the average rainfall for…
In the west Frankfurt suburbs on a plot wedged between a motorway and a wooded park, excavators are preparing the ground for 400 new apartments. The busy work at the…
History is what has happened or is happening. But sometimes it is what does not happen. So, the other day I had a meeting with Imran Khan that never happened.…
Eight years after facing a refugee crisis in 2015, the European Union is still struggling with how to reform its asylum system — just as migrant entries are once again…
THERE’S no fever quite like war fever; when it rises, all becomes clear: it’s us vs them, black vs white, good vs evil, beef nihari vs tofu steaks. I’m sure you’ve gotten…
British politicians often speak of Brexit as an opportunity to escape Brussels’ shackles, but does the departure also free Europe to go its own way? London’s leaving has stripped the…
Leaders of the world’s largest economies hailed a recent agreement to overhaul global corporate tax rules as key ensuring multinationals paid their fair share of tax. The October deal established…
On November 8, The Washington Post revealed an Israeli mass which uses ‘Blue Wolf’ technology to create a massive database of all Palestinians. This additional measure gives soldiers the chance…
