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Sat, January 22, 2022 | 06:21

Two years later, who let the virus out?

A pandemic should have a beginning and an end; its duration is dictated by how well it is managed from a public health perspective. In ideal cases, it should not take longer than two years to eliminate the pathogen, with zero new infections reported over the course of at least six consecutive months.

2022-01-20 17:07

Battle for French right

Just a few weeks ago, the 2022 French presidential election seemed liked it was already a done deal: President Emmanuel Macron would again defeat Marine Le Pen of the far-right National Rally party. Although Le Pen received one-third of the vote in 2017 - an achievement that would have been unthinkable ten years earlier - no reasonable person would bet on her prevailing over ...

2022-01-20 17:06

Putin's post-Soviet world remains a work in progress, but Africa already looms

Russian civilizationalism is proving handy as President Vladimir Putin seeks to expand the imaginary boundaries of his Russian World, whose frontiers are defined by Russian speakers and adherents of Russian culture rather than international law and/or ethnicity.

2022-01-20 16:57

Children are victims of COVID hysteria

When it became obvious that the Titanic was not going to survive its tragic collision with the iceberg in the North Atlantic, those in positions of authority started to do the human triage necessary in emergencies. Who would be saved, who would perish, and who would be empowered with those impossible decisions?

2022-01-20 16:50

Dew, a long-ignored alternative source of fresh water

Fresh water is found in abundance around our globe, yet is distributed unevenly. While certain countries, such as Brazil, Russia, the United States, Canada and China, are rich in freshwater resources, most African countries suffer from a scarcity.

2022-01-19 17:00

Bosnia's next crisis

The Russian threat to Ukraine is not the only potential crisis in Eastern Europe this year. Bosnia and Herzegovina is heading for a period of deep political turmoil, with a key election scheduled for October.

2022-01-19 16:58

Longing for the good old days

Over the past several decades, the world has changed at an amazing pace. But nothing has been as revolutionary as the transformation brought on by the pandemic. The way we work, play and interact with one another will never be the same. The technological developments of the recent two years and those on the horizon will continue to demand that we modify our approach to educat...

2022-01-18 17:06

Africa cannot afford a second cold war

More than 20,000 Africans were killed in violent conflicts in 2020, an almost tenfold increase from a decade ago. Concurrently, and perhaps not coincidentally, Sino-American rivalry has escalated sharply. A new cold war, this time between the United States and China, along with other regional security threats, could be disastrous for Africa's economic development and green tr...

2022-01-17 16:34

We've got our eyes on you, 2022!

Hello, 2022. We hope you're not expecting to get the honeymoon treatment that most New Years have gotten throughout history.

2022-01-16 16:05

US diplomatic boycott of Olympics creates stir

The Olympics are a venue for the harmony of mankind. In December of last year, the U.N. General Assembly adopted the Olympic Truce Resolution with the aim of temporarily halting conflicts during the Beijing Winter Olympics.

2022-01-13 16:58

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