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By James K. Galbraith   AUSTIN – In a recent essay on Samantha Power, President Joe Biden’s new administrator of the United

By M. Niaz Asadullah & Mishkatur Rahman   KUALA LUMPUR – As Bangladesh turns 50 this year, the country has much to celebrate.

By Precious Matsoso, Paulo Buss & Leigh Kamore Haynes   CAPE TOWN/RIO DE JANEIRO/BRUSSELS – The World Health Organization’s

By Mark Lowcock & Raj Shah   NEW YORK – When the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020, Afghanistan had only 300 ventilators

By Michele Goodwin and Gregory Shaffer IRVINE, CALIFORNIA – The COVID-19 pandemic continues to reveal shocking underlying

By Palitha Abeykoon, Maha El Rabbat & David Nabarro   GENEVA – As special envoys on COVID-19 for the director-general of the

By Maxwell Gomera   KIGALI – As many as 150 million people globally, roughly the combined population of Canada, France, and the

By Agnes Kalibata & Kristina Skierka   NAIROBI – The 17 members of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate generate