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Financial markets are reacting after troubled bank Credit Suisse was rescued in a $3.23 billion purchase by its Swiss rival UBS in a government-backed deal. EPA
The world can't afford another 2008 financial crisis

However, swift action could stop failing banks from taking down the financial edifice of whole economies

EditorialMarch 21, 2023
Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet in Beijing on February 4 last year. China's diplomacy is becoming more visible, growing in tandem with its economic influence. AP
China might be an indispensable mediator for a long time to come

Beijing remains capable of holding meaningful talks with the Russian and Ukrainian leaderships

EditorialMarch 20, 2023
Iraqis watch a statue of Saddam Hussein being pulled down in Baghdad on April 9, 2003. AFP
Iraq's post-invasion generation will soon run the country

A generation has grown up with few memories of 2003, but it has been forced to live with its outcome

EditorialMarch 17, 2023
An American MQ-9 Reaper drone on a training mission in Nevada. AFP
Drone incident should be a wake-up call

The US and the Soviets signed deals to avoid accidental Cold War conflict. UAVs need a similar approach

EditorialMarch 16, 2023
Senegalese soldiers on patrol in 2019 as part of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, one of the Sahel countries that has struggled against terrorist groups for years. AFP
It's time to bring in climate change when talking about terrorism

A report on extremism in Africa's long-suffering Sahel region lays bare how ecological damage acts as a 'threat multiplier'

EditorialMarch 15, 2023
Michelle Yeoh made history by becoming the first Asian woman to win Best Actress at the Oscars. AFP
Diversity at the Oscars must not be just a walk-on part

The Academy Awards' role as one of the world’s most significant cultural events lends the issue of inclusion a seriousness that extends beyond mere entertainment

EditorialMarch 14, 2023
Ali Shamkhani, the secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, right, shakes hands with Saudi national security adviser Musaad bin Mohammed Al Aiban, as Wang Yi, China's most senior diplomat, looks on, in Beijing, on March 11. AP
Saudi-Iran ties bode well for regional stability

The renewed diplomatic relations are a fresh start that could herald peace

EditorialMarch 13, 2023
Solar panels on display at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week in January. Khushnum Bhandari / The National
The UAE is securing its water supply while cutting its carbon footprint

Desalinating water is energy-intensive but the Emirates is adopting technologies that make the process greener

EditorialMarch 10, 2023
Unesco director general Audrey Azoulay poses with children and their paintings of Al Hadba minaret during her visit to Mosul. Ismael Adnan for The National
Rebuilding Mosul's historic buildings reveals Iraqis' resilience

Repairing mosques and churches desecrated by ISIS shows how a city and a country can raise its spirit when the tide of war ebbs away

EditorialMarch 09, 2023
The ubiquity of the internet, and social media in particular, play an outsize role when it comes to fuelling reactionary positions on women’s and girls’ rights. Photo: Thomas Lefebvre / Unsplash
International Women's Day: we must fight online misogyny

For some men, the internet has provided a free-fire zone to target female politicians and campaigners with a wave of hate

EditorialMarch 08, 2023
Emine Onal cries by the grave of her daughter, who was killed in the earthquake 15 days after having started her first job as a nurse in a Turkish state hospital. Reuters
To really help earthquake victims, we must be in it long term

Only a month has passed since the February 6 tragedy but the news cycle is turning and the world is gradually focusing on other developments

EditorialMarch 07, 2023
A net being used to remove 100,000 kilograms of plastic from the ocean. Photo: Ocean Cleanup
UN treaty to protect the world's oceans comes not a moment too soon

The landmark deal shows what international co-operation can achieve and sets a promising precedent for Cop28 in the UAE later this year

EditorialMarch 06, 2023
Sultan Al Neyadi waves as he and fellow Crew-6 astronauts depart for their journey to the International Space Station from the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape Canaveral, Florida on Thursday. Reuters
UAE's space mission is another step on a voyage of discovery

Sultan Al Neyadi begins a gruelling six-month journey that cements the Emirates' reputation as a centre for scientific and technological excellence

EditorialMarch 03, 2023
Houthi supporters shout slogans and brandish guns during a protest in Sanaa. EPA
The world ignores the Yemen crisis at its peril

Donor fatigue is hurting efforts to help the 17.3 million Yemenis who need aid, but a Houthi militia that puts its loyalists first remains a potent source of instability

EditorialMarch 02, 2023
A woman walks past a banner opposing the Northern Ireland Protocol in the loyalist Sandy Row area of Belfast. EPA
The Northern Ireland Protocol deal is about securing peace

Although its details may be dry and technical, the Windsor Framework between the UK and the EU is far from being a mere trade arrangement

EditorialFebruary 28, 2023
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