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Rating US economy in terms of equality, jobs, climate change

As the world’s business elites gather in Davos for their annual meeting, people should be asking a simple question: Have they overcome their infatuation with US President Donald Trump?...

Joseph E. Stiglitz | January 24, 2020, Friday

African cultural restitution matters: on returning looted artifacts to their owners

French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe recently presented an antique saber to Senegalese President Macky Sall at the presidential palace in Dakar....

Patrick Gaspard | January 23, 2020, Thursday

City moves fast to stem the spread of coronavirus

In a heightened fight against a new virus possibly linked to wild animals, Shanghai has decided to cancel live poultry markets from January 25 to April 30, the online edition of Xinmin Evening News&nb...

Wang Yong | January 23, 2020, Thursday

Chinese economy in 2020s to be a new epic

With the arrival of a new decade, one predictable thing about China in the 2020s is that it is shifting into a higher-quality economy that is more open and abounds with new opportunities for global bu...

January 22, 2020, Wednesday

Bold steps are necessary to safeguard our oceans

The Earth’s oceans face many threats, none of which have quick fixes....

Emma Navarro | January 22, 2020, Wednesday

May the ‘China collapse’ theories rest in peace

Since the very beginning, the steadily expanding Chinese economy has always enjoyed the company of both wild and informed guesses of its future status....

January 21, 2020, Tuesday

Concerted drive needed to close SDG gap

As global business and political leaders gather in Davos for the World Economic Forum’s annual meeting, they should ask themselves one big question: Will the world achieve the ambitious Sustainable Development...

Kevin Watkins | January 21, 2020, Tuesday

Realizing the promise of African health care

The quality and accessibility of health care have long been known to have a disproportionate impact on the economic and emotional wellbeing of entire societies....

Biju Mohandas | January 20, 2020, Monday