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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his henchmen may believe they are outside the reach of international justice after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, but they should not be so sure.
There are a range of ways the Saudi leader and th...
DATE: Oct 24, 2018
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“All those worried about Bermuda’s economy are justified in their concern ... two consecutive quarters of negative economic growth is a ‘big deal’”
— David Burt, May 2017
For a prosperous Bermuda that benefits us all, the economy must be vibrant and...
DATE: Oct 23, 2018
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Vic Ball
Many Americans have an odd fascination with the idea of the reforming autocrat, the strongman who can “modernise” and lead his nation out of its backward and benighted past.
This was the hope for Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, a ho...
DATE: Oct 22, 2018
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Jamal Khashoggi and I wrote about opposite, but equally troubled, shores of the Persian Gulf for The Washington Post: Jamal focused on Saudi Arabia, and me on Iran.This past summer, Jamal and I sat down with the Post's Karen Attiah for a wide-ranging...
DATE: Oct 22, 2018
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A note from Karen Attiah, Washington Post Global Opinions editor: I received this column from Jamal Khashoggi’s translator and assistant the day after Jamal was reported missing in Istanbul. The Post held off publishing it because we hoped Jamal woul...
DATE: Oct 19, 2018
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I read with interest the opinion by government senator Crystal Caesar, titled “Don’t be cowed by the ‘noise’ – things are really happening”.
This article is another Progressive Labour Party media release that trumpets little while many Bermudians con...
DATE: Oct 17, 2018
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Michael Dunkley
Large and small countries the world over are experiencing the disruption of many norms — how we treat one another, how we communicate, our own expectations and the delivery of goods and services. There is no society on Earth that is not being affecte...
DATE: Oct 17, 2018
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Sir John Swan
The United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published a report last week that deserves close attention. While three years ago, the historic Paris Conference concluded with a consensus limiting any median temperature rise to 2C, this...
DATE: Oct 16, 2018
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Glenn Fubler
Twelve years ago this month, Anna Politkovskaya, a journalist whose reporting came too close to the truth about Russia’s war in Chechnya, was gunned down in the elevator of her Moscow apartment block. One year ago this month, Daphne Caruana Galizia, ...
DATE: Oct 16, 2018
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I remember that some eyebrows were raised when we first announced our decision to be based in Bermuda. Even the professional services firms we engaged with to get ourselves started were forced to do some careful thinking. This wasn’t part of the norm...
DATE: Oct 15, 2018
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