Category: World Affairs

Governments of the new era must deal firmly with market failures and vested interests before too many victims are found littering the way

The world is basically sitting on a powder keg with the ongoing sabre-rattling between US President Donald Trump and South Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong-un

 The ‘Rohingyas’ in Myanmar

Selective outrage on humanitarian crisis shouted on rooftops by some political leaders begs the question of whether some victims are more equal than others

Titbits — This sabre-rattling is dangerous and uncalled for in a world already burdened with so many disruptive events such as natural catastrophes, military conflicts, terrorism

The Doklam dispute is a significant landmark in Asia’s geopolitical landscape. It unveils in no uncertain terms the Chinese leadership’s muscle-flexing posturings to solve conflicts

  A few days ago, Iraqi Prime Minister Abadi travelled to Mosul to celebrate the liberation of the city from the hands of ISIS after months of fighting…

Letter from New Delhi   Watching Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s arrival in Israel on TV, Kul Bhushan recounts his enduring memories of his own tour of this country

Why do disavowed politicians still cling on to power by every means instead of taking the cue from the people’s vote that it is time for them to

Letter from New Delhi — You cannot quarrel with success! ‘Facts are sacred, comment is free.’ This saying is ignored by critics of Narendra Modi government while assessing

Kul Bhushan — Letter from New Delhi Dr Helmut Kohl, who died on 16 June 2017 aged 87 years, was a big man. At six feet four inches,

« Il est très probable que notre pays réunit aujourd’hui les mêmes conditions qui ont rendu possible le genre de raz-de-marée politique des deux côtés de l’Atlantique. L’électorat appelle

Mauritius Times – 3rd Year No 82 – Friday 2nd March 1956 *  The learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but still ‘tis

We can hardly harbour expectations about our autonomous capacity to defend our outlying islands and territories, protect their environment, manage and tap their ocean resources. We rely on

We don’t know how the world will settle down eventually but we know at least that what we really need is not to invite to ourselves troubles which