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Analysis-Syrian Kurdish groups on the back foot as power balance shifts
QAMISHLI, Syria/BEIRUT/ANKARA - With hostile Turkish-backed groups mobilising against them in Syria's north, and Damascus ruled by a...
Dec 21, 20245 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 21, 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 26, 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...
Nov 25, 20244 min read


Analysis-Beyond the politics, China's missile test reflects military need
HONG KONG - From a missile discreetly ferried more than 1,000 km (620 miles) to a launch site, to the use of remote bases and satellites...
Oct 11, 20243 min read


Analysis-Trump's already harsh rhetoric on migrants is turning darker as Election Day nears
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump’s campaign billed the event at a Michigan manufacturing plant as an address by the Republican presidential...
Oct 5, 20244 min read


Analysis-Mark Rutte's NATO mission: rally West, reassure East, help Ukraine
BRUSSELS/AMSTERDAM - - NATO's next boss, Mark Rutte, will need all the coalition-building skills he honed as Dutch prime minister to hold...
Oct 1, 20243 min read


Analysis-Sri Lanka's presidential election to test economic green shoots
LONDON/COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's knife-edge election on Saturday has raised doubts over when its long-awaited debt deal with bondholders will...
Sep 19, 20243 min read


Analysis-Eastern Germany's economic success leaves voters cold
EISENACH, Germany - Statistics show that Germany's east has done fairly well in catching up with the wealthier west over the past decade...
Aug 29, 20244 min read


Analysis-Prabowo's free meals plan poised to expand Indonesia dairy consumption, imports
JAKARTA - Indonesia's president-elect campaigned on a pledge to provide free meals to over 80 million school children, a costly and...
Aug 14, 20244 min read


Analysis-In deluge of protests, fuel subsidies prove hard to abolish
LONDON - Like thousands of Nigerians and millions of others across the developing world, higher fuel costs have irked Antonia Arosanwo. ...
Aug 9, 20244 min read
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