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Russia’s poor military performance will worsen this winter
With Russian troops digging trenches to prepare for an expected winter standoff, it would be easy to conclude that fighting will slow in Ukraine until after the ground thaws in...
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‘A reappraisal is long overdue’
Mainstream scientists, doctors, parents speak out about harms of Covid-19 vaccines. Just one day after she got a Covid-19 booster shot, Regan Lewis, a 20-year-old nursing...
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Entrepreneurs are more altruistic than ever
But how can we help them make good on their ambitions? Young and old people have different opinions and tastes on everything from fashion to politics. That might sound truistic,...
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Albania’s ghost towns: the crisis that caused the exodus
Albania has a population of 2.8 million people, according to data published at the start of 2021. Since the fall of communism in 1991 nearly 40% of Albania’s population has left...
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Post-pandemic demographic assumptions revisited
Implications for real assets demand. The repercussions of Covid-19 will continue to be felt long after the final phases of the pandemic are over. Assumptions that are underpinned...
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A letter from Tokyo
Marunouchi: the quest for perfection Perfectionism is very important in Japan. In the collective national quest to slowly achieve the immaculate, Tokyo’s Marunouchi...
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High executive pay is no excuse for state intervention
The High Pay Centre has just published its latest report on the remuneration of FTSE-100 CEOs. As usual, the report shows median pay which, by most people’s standards,...
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Chess: how to spot a potential cheat
A few years ago, the chess website Chess.com temporarily banned US grandmaster Hans Niemann for playing chess moves online that the site suspected had been suggested to him by a...
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Further confessions of a valuer, 02
Unfair, excessive and bad in law. In this very special series of exclusive articles for The Property Chronicle, Australian property legend Norman Harker reflects on his...