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V ladimir Putin will not end his war on Ukraine until he believes the costs of fighting on exceed the costs of stopping. The ...

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I t’s disrespectful, it’s obscene, it’s spitting in their faces.” That is how Jorge Rodríguez, the president of Venezuela’s rubber-stamp National Assembly, described ...

I n 2015, as South-East Asia was engulfed in toxic smog caused by fires in Indonesia, Jusuf Kalla, the country’s vice-president at the time, suggested that his neighbours needed a change in ...

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A S THE midday sun beats down in Rome, tourists realise with relief that it is time for a pizza. But which one? Lonely Planet, the best-selling guidebook series, recommends Antico ...

HALF OF XIAO Yao’s clients, who are mostly women aged between 20 and 40, do not tell their parents that they pay 500 yuan ($75) for counselling sessions. The 33-year-old psychological counsellor says ...

Shareholders of Hugo Boss, Germany’s biggest luxury fashion firm, must decide whether to accept a takeover offer from Mike ...