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Arshad Sharif ‘not tortured’ before death, says Kenyan expert

Refutting news reports carried by the sections of Pakistani media in recent days claiming that journalist Arshad Sharif was tortured for two to three hours and then killed, a Kenyan newspaper cited an expert who analysed post-mo...

Marching orders

LOS Angeles was ablaze with climate catastrophe-related fires when Donald Trump took oath in January. Now he is fanning another variety of flames by deploying the National Guard and Marines against the wishes of the city and sta...

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Digital wishful thinking

Many countries view the structural transformation in China and think of computerisation as the ‘magic bullet’ that can solve long-standing institutional and seemingly intractable challenges, for example, in domestic ...

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Pak-Afghan thaw

In a dramatic development, Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to upgrade their diplomatic relations to ambassador level, signalling a major shift in bilateral ties that had become extremely tense since the return of Afghan Tal...

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Battlefield LA

The disturbing scenes emerging from Los Angeles, one of America’s richest cities, resemble the chaotic events often witnessed in the world’s trouble spots, or ‘Third World countries’ as President Donald Trump calls them....

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Ambitious goals

The budget for the next financial year, announced on Tuesday, seeks to deepen fiscal consolidation in order to pave the way for a successful second review of the $7bn IMF programme in September. This is apparent from the si...

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