Global News
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How the IMF's loan fees are hurting nations in desperate need
The fund, which for decades has backstopped countries in financial distress, imposes these fees for loans that are unusually large or long-standing and were designed to help protect against hefty losses from high-risk lending
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A divisive figure around the world, Djokovic is a hero in Serbia
As Djokovic fights to stay in Australia despite his decision not to be vaccinated, he has become entwined with a broader debate in Serbia about coronavirus restrictions, government policies, personal liberty and vaccination
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UK monarchy and government plunge into simultaneous crises
While these cases are about starkly different issues, they both feature privileged middle-aged men under fire for their behaviour, raising age-old questions of class, entitlement and double standards
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The Taliban have staffing issues. They are looking for help in Pakistan
With any new regime comes new appointees, but the difference in Afghanistan is that the new government had operated as a hard-line Islamic insurgency for two decades, so the cadre of people they are plucking leaders from are soldiers and religious scholars, rather than political allies or technocrats
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The army of millions who enforce China's zero Covid-19 policy, at all costs
China's early success in containing the pandemic through iron-fist, authoritarian policies emboldened its officials, seemingly giving them license to act with conviction and righteousness
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Libor, long the most important number in finance, dies at 52
The London Interbank Offered Rate (Libor), a number that spent decades as a central force of international finance and was used in setting interest rates on everything from mortgages to student loans, has died after a long battle with regulators
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Putin's next move on Ukraine is a mystery. Just the way he likes it
Putin's brinkmanship of recent months is a case study in his ability to use tension and unpredictability to seek high returns with what may seem like a weak geopolitical hand
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How the 'Djokovic affair' came back to bite Australia's Prime Minister
Scott Morrison now faces a difficult choice: whether to double down, or to fold and let Djokovic try to win his 10th title in the Australian Open, which starts on Monday
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In a first, man receives a heart from a genetically altered pig
Scientists have worked feverishly to develop pigs whose organs would not be rejected by the human body, research accelerated in the past decade by new gene editing and cloning technologies
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Russia positioning helicopters, in possible sign of Ukraine plans
The Russian president's window for an invasion is limited, dictated by temperatures that will freeze the ground before a spring thaw, which could begin by March, creating a muddy quagmire
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Why Tesla soared as other automakers struggled to make cars
Tesla racked up record sales quarter after quarter and ended the year having sold nearly twice as many vehicles as it did in 2020, unhindered by an industrywide crisis