The power of pluck
When David fought Goliath, what if the big guy was just ill-equipped and poorly trained? Frances Coppola reflects. As I mulled over what I was going to write for this …
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Syria’s quest to build its own Silicon Valley
At the end of November, Hamza Hourani’s phone rang. It was a cloudy morning in Damascus, and some Syrians were quietly stocking their cupboards as rebel fighters marched south toward …
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The many ways Israeli settlers steal Palestinian homes
On Monday, Ghassan Abdel Basset and his family left their home in the occupied West Bank to visit a relative. They were going to break their fast together during the …
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Free in freezing
Fardin was an activist student in Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul, in 2021, when the Taliban took control, turning his world upside down. He now lives in Russia near the Arctic circle. …
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The cost of killing crisis
The economics of war do not add up to anything good. Frances Coppola tallies. Wars are costly. Not just for the participants, but for everyone. Human lives are destroyed, productive …
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Ukraine battles to avoid hyperinflation as war costs soar
As the war against Russia enters its seventh month on Wednesday, Ukraine is stuck between a financial rock and a hard place as it seeks to stay afloat while fighting off Moscow’s invading forces. Tax revenues have …
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Here’s how much it could cost to rebuild Ukraine — and who would pay for it
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has already destroyed billions of dollars’ worth of infrastructure, blocked exports from key Black Sea ports and displaced more than 12 million people. The World Bank …
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War in Ukraine ‘to cost global economy at least $400bn in 2022’
The war in Ukraine will cost the global economy at least $400bn (£300bn) this year, according to expert projections. Global growth is set to take a significant hit but European countries will …
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The Lebanese Want To Fight Corruption, Not US-Iran Proxy War
BEIRUT, LEBANON — When Iranian General Qassem Soleimani was assassinated in a US Reaper drone strike in Iraq January 3, fear spread throughout the world that Iran might retaliate by …
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UN’s warning that Gaza will not be a “liveable place” by 2020 has been realised
The primary cause of this ‘unliveable’ environment is a highly restrictive Israeli blockade, now in its 13th year, which has reduced Gaza to the point of ‘systemic collapse’. In 2012, …
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