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Former South African president Thabo Mbeki recently painted a gloomy picture of the country and its prospects. He said the governing African National Congress (ANC), led by President Cyril Ramaphosa, did not have a national plan to address the country’s many socio-economic problems. These include high and growing unemployment, inequality,…

Education is under attack — because it is essential to democracy. Educators can fight back, and turn the tide

The under-performance of the country in terms of economic growth “seems to indicate the path we are going on needs rethinking”, said former RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan at the All India Professionals Congress conclave

“Let us dedicate ourselves to save democracy,” Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin added.

Ignoring the fact that Right to Information users are facing death for keeping democracy alive is a threat to democracy itself

Tunisian President Kais Saied said on Friday he rejected "any form of foreign interference", in comments after several Western countries raised concerns over Tunisia's democracy amid his increasing political control of the country.

NEW YORK — A former education adviser to the Obama administration was sentenced to one year in prison Thursday for stealing more than $218,000 from the network of New York City charter schools he founded.

In a case to be heard in the coming months, the U.S. Supreme Court could decide that state legislatures have control over congressional elections, including the ability to draw voting districts for partisan political advantage, unconstrained by state law or state constitutions.

In our celebrity Dining across the divide special, the singer-songwriter meets the JD Wetherspoon founder. Can they find any common ground on leaving the EU?

One of the more unusual circumstances of Maryland’s primary election this year was the crowded race in the Democratic primary for governor featuring 10 slates of candidates. Wes Moore and his lieutenant governor running mate Aruna Miller have been recognized as winners with almost exactly one-third of the vote, followed…

Ma Nilar Thein says people must ‘eradicate this military regime’ as four prisoners executed after closed trials