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Donald Trump's victory has been a shock for America's major partners around the world. But perhaps nowhere has the blow been more painful than in...

The politician who ought to be most immune to the populist rage sweeping the world's democracies should be Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. A...

It's not a great moment for permanent Washington. You know who I mean: the policy analysts, the journalists, the deputy assistant secretaries, the...

Hillary and Bill Clinton have been at the center of US politics for the last-quarter century; for more than 100 years only Richard Nixon showed such...

I do not want to cast aspersions on taxi drivers in the United Arab Emirates, who are mainly Indian or Pakistani expats, but when I wanted to visit the...

There’s been nothing but trouble for much of Africa as the price of oil plummeted 55 per cent during the past two and a half years. But there’s a...

Many of the California tech industry's leaders are unhappy with the outcome of the US presidential election. This being Silicon Valley, they've...

China has big plans for Mount Everest. Although the south-facing side of the mountain, in Nepal, might be better known, the Tibetan north face also has a...

The election of Donald Trump, the consummate deal-maker, throws up a unique chance for stability and an end to the chaos, violence and civil war that has...

The community has been asked to help in the effort to empower people with disability. Making the appeal last Thursday, the National Committee for the...