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Banks, weak links in emerging countries
In Tunisia, we lack everything, including bank loans. While the country is close to payment default and sinks into crisis, with a shortage of medicines and certain…
At the UN, the Armenian Prime Minister accuses Azerbaijan of “unspeakable atrocities”
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian at the United Nations General Assembly in New York on September 22, 2022. ANNA MONEYMAKER / AFP At…
Alibaba pledges $1 billion to cloud computing customers to reignite growth
Alibaba has faced growth challenges amid regulatory tightening on China's domestic technology sector and a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy. But analysts think the…
New anti-corruption purge in the Chinese Communist Party
Chinese leader Xi Jinping at the closing of the "Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference" in Beijing on March 10, 2021. MARK SCHIEFELBEIN / AP…
Deadly army raid kills at least eight children in Burma
A bloody school bag in a primary school in Let Yet Kone, a village in Tabayin commune, Sagaing region, Burma, the day after an aerial bombardment of the…
“Indian neutrality is a risky choice”
IInvited as a member (since 2017) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) to the summit in Samarkand (Uzbekistan) on September 15 and 16, Indian Prime Minister…
Chinese state media claims U.S. NSA infiltrated country’s telecommunications networks
Beijing has for a long time accused the U.S. of carrying out cyberattacks on Chinese targets. But more recently, it has accused the U.S.'s National Security Agency of hacking…
In Cambodia, Khieu Samphan, the last living Khmer Rouge dignitary, sentenced to life imprisonment
In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers of the Cambodian Courts, Khieu Samphan, right, sits in a courtroom in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Thursday,…
From manga to kanji, the Japanese imprint on French graphics
Mount Fuji seen by Vahram Muratyan, in his book “Go to Japan” (Les Arènes editions) VAHRAM MURATYAN / THE ARENAS / KOMON "Arriving for the…
In China, a bus accident, symbol of the excesses of the zero Covid policy, triggers the anger of citizens
A person gets tested for Covid-19 in Yunyan, southwest China's Guizhou Province, Sept. 5, 2022. YANG WENBIN/AP Despite the virtual silence of…