India Fails Youth, is Losing ‘Demographic Dividend’ 
Generals at the Feeding Trough 
After the US-led Era of Free Security China’s Wang Yi calls on Iran to ensure freedom and safe passage through Strait of Hormuz
China’s top diplomat Wang Yi sought guarantees of freedom and safety of international navigation through the Strait of Hormuz in a phone call with his…
Current Affairs
Malaysia pumps up police action at border petrol stations to curb subsidised fuel leaks
Malaysia has deployed police to dozens of petrol stations along its borders as it moves to stop subsidised fuel from leaking out of the country,…
Trump says Israel and Lebanon to hold talks Thursday
US President Donald Trump has said that leaders of Israel and Lebanon will speak on Thursday, as Washington pushes to ease hostilities after the rivals’…
Mark Mobius, pioneering emerging-market investor and China bull, dies at 89
Mark Mobius, who was known as the father of emerging markets and was among the first fund managers to invest in Hong Kong and mainland…
The fluff stops here: Beijing’s battle against the green wall ‘snowstorm’
Beijing residents are once again bracing for a seasonal nuisance that has become something of a tradition: the city’s annual “snowstorm” of willow and poplar…
Residents on Indonesia’s Bali resort to burning trash after landfill ban on organic waste
The partial closure of a major landfill site on the Indonesian holiday island of Bali is forcing thousands of residents to instead burn trash in…