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Maldives this week: 19 – 25 August 2021

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On 24 August, the President's Office, sharing concerns raised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, informed the Presidential Commission of Asset Recovery of irregularities in obtaining the statement of a Sri...

Get vaccinated

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There is broad agreement within the global scientific community that the most effective way to defeat the COVID‑19 pandemic is through the mass vaccination of populations around the world. While...

The xenophobia of quarantine tourism

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On 19 August, President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih said that 'quarantine tourism' was a good thing for the Maldives, as long as tourist establishments adhere to the current guidelines put in...

Asia this week: 19 – 25 August 2021

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Members from both sides of Congress criticised a Republican senator and a Democratic counterpart on Wednesday for making an undisclosed trip to Afghanistan to observe the U.S. military’s frenzied evacuation...

It's rotten on the inside!

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A change of systems will not fix the culture of inept institutions nor suddenly reform the bad faith actors who fancy themselves ‘king makers’ looking to further entrench and enrich...