T HE STRAIT of Hormuz is tricky for mariners at the best of times—narrow, shallow, congested and often hazy with humidity and dust. In times of conflict, it is a potential death ...
In short, a world in turmoil is terrible for India. That is to the country’s credit. It has plans to become a prosperous, advanced economy that chaos would derail. For reasons of pride and propaganda, ...
O N MARCH 9th Donald Trump declared that the third Gulf war, now in its second week, was “pretty well complete”. With Iran’s military capacity “wiped out”, America’s p ...
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Before the war the Lviv Quarter housing development was an attractive investment, with penthouse flats offering panoramic views of Kyiv’s historic Podil district and the Dnieper river. Now it is ...
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Software still matters. But as it becomes commoditised, economic power is flowing back to the physical layer of the economy. Control over energy, materials, infrastructure, robotics and industrial ...
Now those gains are slipping away. A CNN poll found that in the year to February Mr Trump’s approval rating among Latinos nationwide fell from 41% to 22%. Another poll, from Pew in November, shows ...
GENERALS RARELY put themselves directly in the line of enemy fire but on March 6th Major-General Tomer Bar, the commander of the Israeli Air Force, flew an F-15 fighter jet on a strike mission in Iran ...
YURIY VOITOVICH, an estate agent, admits this isn’t his easiest sale. Before the war the Lviv Quarter housing development was an attractive investment, with penthouse flats offering panoramic views of ...
Mr Kiley’s decision will reduce to 217 the number of  Republicans in the House of Representatives, just three more than the Democrats’ contingent, but he will continue to caucus with his former party.