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Amid a swirl of rumours that he would be replaced, Bangladesh’s central bank governor, Ahsan Mansur, abruptly and unceremoniously left his post this week....
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As the Middle East lurches into another high-intensity confrontation, the British government is trying to hold two ideas in the public mind at the...
On March 2, 2026, Mikhail Gorbachev would have turned 95. Today, when Europe and Russia seem divided by an unbridgeable chasm and threats are...
A fierce policy debate over the European Union’s Tobacco Excise Directive (TED) reopened a few weeks ago as the European Economic and Social Committee...
Brussels is urging “maximum restraint” and diplomacy — but the immediate EU exposure is economic (oil and trade routes), operational (Red Sea naval protection)...
Amid a swirl of rumours that he would be replaced, Bangladesh’s central bank governor, Ahsan Mansur, abruptly and unceremoniously left his post this week....
Cyprus has emerged as an unexpected pivot point in negotiations over the European Union’s long-awaited Tobacco Excise Directive (TED) overhaul, after proposing limits on...
The next phase of Bangladesh’s story began last week with the landslide election of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Following his victory, Prime Minister Tarique...
Brussels is bracing for a fresh confrontation over “sin taxes”, as Europe’s nicotine, alcohol and processed-food sectors mobilise behind the scenes in response to...