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Financial Times

Biden and Yoon agree to step up deterrence against North Korea
‘Like a frat house’: can UK parliament’s culture be reformed?
‘Collateral damage’: ESG funds pulled down by tumble in tech shares
Ukraine’s long and winding road towards the EU
Ruling on US pandemic border restrictions leaves thousands in limbo

Branko Milanovic Personal Blog

The many in one: A review of Amartya Sen’s “Home in the world: A memoir”
No contemporary famous economist has as broad interests and knowledge, nor as diverse life experience as Amartya Sen. It is not surprising that many have been looking forward to reading the first volume of his memoirs. It covers the period from his birth in 1933 to the beginnings of his academic career in the United […]
The novelty of technologically regressive import substitution
In the next decade or so, the history of economic policy will be enriched by a new, never imagined, experiment: how to accomplish technologically regressive import substitution? This is the problem that Russia will have to face and that is entirely new. To explain why it is new, consider first what is import substitution. It […]
The lessons and implications of seizing Russian oligarchs’ assets
The first and the most obvious lesson that we can draw from the confiscation of Russian oligarchs’ assets is that the pre-February 24 Russia was not an oligarchy, as many believed, but an authoritarian autocracy. Instead of being ruled by a few rich people, it was ruled by one person. To draw this (rather obvious) […]
The evolution of Karl Marx: a review of Kevin B. Anderson’s “Marx at the Margins”
The goal of this very well-researched and well-written book is to show the evolution in Marx’s thinking away from the unilinear view of historical evolution, going from primitive communism to slave-owning societies to feudalism to capitalism and, in the future, to socialism and communism. This unilinear scheme of history that in Capitalism, Alone I called […]
Long term: Difficulties of import substitution and delocalization
When we look at Russia’s long-term economic prospects, it is also useful to begin with some assumptions and to look at historical examples. We can make two assumptions. First, that the current Russian regime, in one form or another, might continue for some ten to twenty years. Second, we can assume that American and Western […]

BBC World News

Monkeypox: 80 cases confirmed in 12 countries
Tornado in Germany injures 43 people, police say
Dying of cold on the streets of São Paulo
Biden plan to end US migrant expulsion policy blocked
Ukraine war: The volunteer drivers risking their lives to save others

Channelnews Asia

Russian military says it destroyed Western arms consignment in Ukraine
Out of neutral, F1 drivers shift debate as well as gears
No monkeypox infections detected in Singapore since imported case in 2019: MOH
Loh Kean Yew survives scare, through to SEA Games badminton singles final
No new COVID cases in NZ camp ahead of Sussex warm-up game

Singapore Straits Times

Russian military says it destroys Western arms consignment in Ukraine
British PM Johnson must explain meeting with 'partygate' report author, says opposition
Zelensky says only 'diplomacy' can end Ukraine war
Facebook slammed for spreading Putin's propaganda in Nato's east
Britain wants to arm Moldova to protect it from Russian threat
Russia targets Ukraine's last link to besieged east
Putin's war means Russia's rich aren't welcome at Davos anymore
Russia stops Finland gas flow over payments dispute
Russia hustles to recruit soldiers and halts gas supplies to Finland
Chaos in Israel gives new chance to Benjamin Netanyahu

Business Times

Asia’s glaring insurance gap: a risk we cannot afford to ignore
MITIGATING climate change and addressing climate risk will be among the most important challenges humanity will be focusing on, now and in years to come.
Asia well-poised to harness potential of plastics circular economy: Circulate Capital
INVESTORS can play a key role in reducing plastic waste and must rouse themselves from the sidelines where they’ve historically parked themselves to allocate more capital towards this - especially given the significant investment opportunities in the plastics circular economy in Asia, in particular.

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Malay Mail

MACC says done investigating judge who convicted Najib, sent papers to AG
Don’t allow AP abolition to affect the interest of local agricultural food entrepreneurs, says Muhyiddin
Amid Tajuddin controversy, foreign minister says Putrajaya screens envoys exhaustively

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Anti-G8 and Anti-War Graffiti in Geneva 2003

Anti-war paint. Geneva 2003

Anti-war paint. Geneva 2003

Anti-war paint. Geneva 2003

Anti-war paint. Geneva 2003

Anti-war paint. Geneva 2003

Anti-war paint. Geneva 2003

Anti-war paint. Geneva 2003

Anti-war paint. Geneva 2003

Anti-war paint. Geneva 2003

Anti-war paint. Geneva 2003

Bastakiya, Dubai 2012

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