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Jan 174 min read
Analysis-NATO won't back Trump's new defence spending target but will raise its sights
BRUSSELS - NATO won't heed Donald Trump’s proposal for a massive hike in defence spending but will likely agree to go beyond its current...
Jan 174 min read
Analysis-Efforts to end Kurdish militant conflict in Turkey face Syria test
ISTANBUL/ANKARA - Talks aimed at ending a 40-year-old militant conflict have fostered peace hopes in Turkey but the precarious situation...
Jan 174 min read
Analysis-South Korea jet crash puts fast-growing Jeju Air's safety under scrutiny
SEOUL/SEATTLE - Before it suffered the deadliest crash in South Korea's history, budget airline Jeju Air was moving fast: racking up...
Jan 173 min read
Analysis-India's Modi looks to new economic playbook as risks mount
NEW DELHI - After world-beating economic growth last year, India's policymakers are scrambling to head off a sharp slowdown as worsening...
Jan 174 min read
Analysis-Lula's embrace of new Brazil central banker has markets wary
BRASILIA - After months of rancor, ties between President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Brazil's central bank look poised for an era of...
Dec 21, 20244 min read
Analysis-Trump's lawyers bring broad approach to court battles with media
President-elect Donald Trump is adopting a wide-ranging legal strategy in suing media companies over what he describes as false or...
Dec 21, 20244 min read
Analysis-South Korea's allies cheered Yoon's foreign policy, ignored domestic discord
SEOUL - As South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's relations with the opposition broke down this year, Western diplomats hoped the...
Dec 17, 20244 min read
Analysis-Case against Brazil coup plotters could end decades of impunity
SAO PAULO - The arrest of a four-star general in Brazil over the weekend shows courts are ready to play hardball with those accused of...
Dec 15, 20243 min read
Analysis-Macron has a new prime minister but the same old problems
PARIS - When veteran centrist Francois Bayrou, France's new prime minister, was education minister in the 1990s, his plan to increase...
Nov 26, 20244 min read
Analysis-Adani's 'renewable energy marvel' trapped in U.S. bribery indictment
NEW DELHI - Betting big on the clean energy goals of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, billionaire Gautam Adani found backers in...
Nov 26, 20244 min read
Analysis-Trump plan to use military in deportations should stand up in court
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to use the U.S. military to help deport millions of undocumented migrants, a plan that breaks from...
Nov 25, 20244 min read
Analysis-Bolsonaro sidelined from Brazil's political scene as Trump enjoys resurgence
SAO PAULO - The political fortunes of Brazil's hard-right former President Jair Bolsonaro long mirrored those of his ideological ally...
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