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    President Donald Trump listens as British Prime Minister Theresa May speaks during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Amid Brexit row, a middle way eludes UK

    The Brexit debate has sparked further disarray within Labour's parliamentary ranks.

    9 Feb 2017 2:48 AM IST

    US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    As Trump goes wild, a backlash is building

    The immigration order has meanwhile sparked chaos and widespread protests at airports across the US.

    3 Feb 2017 12:29 AM IST

    US President Donald TrumpOpinion
    Trump's first 100 hours as American President

    In the case of Donald Trump, the first 100 hours have been fascinating enough.

    26 Jan 2017 1:29 AM IST

    President Barack Obama speaks during his final presidential news conference. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Bye, Barack: You could have done a lot more...

    Hillary Clinton had been decisively outmanoeuvred by the Obama campaign in 2008.

    19 Jan 2017 1:02 AM IST

    President-elect Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin (Photo: AP)Opinion
    The Trump-Putin drama: A tragedy or a farce?

    The declassified information made available by the intelligence agencies falls short of being indisputably conclusive.

    12 Jan 2017 1:14 AM IST

    Turkeys President Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses during an award ceremony in Ankara, Turkey. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    As Mideast simmers, future bleak for Turkey

    Turkey had visibly bristled at Russia's intervention in Syria on behalf of Assad.

    5 Jan 2017 1:30 AM IST

    Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev (Photo: AP)Opinion
    From 1917 to 1991... End of a revolution!

    Shushkevich recalls that Gorbachev slammed down the phone on him after realising Bush had already been informed.

    22 Dec 2016 12:32 AM IST

    Austrian President elect Alexander Van der Bellen, a former leading member of the Greens Party, delivers a press statement after Sundays presidential election in Vienna, Austria. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Appeal of the far-right is growing all over Europe

    There is so far no indication the European left can get its act together before it's too late.

    8 Dec 2016 12:50 AM IST

    Chinese paramilitary policeman stands guard outside the North Korean Embassy in Beijing. North Korea said it conducted a powerful hydrogen bomb test. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Korean conundrum

    The explosion registered at a level of 5.1 on the Richter scale.

    14 Jan 2016 1:20 AM IST

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