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Economy
Bank of Japan raises rates in a surprise move
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Kazuaki Nagata
At its two-day policy meeting, the BOJ voted to increase its short-term policy rate target to 0.25% from a range of 0% to 0.1%.
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Juan Pablo Spinetto
Venezuela needs its neighbors’ help more than ever
Maduro was never going to accept defeat and the idea he would quietly exit the presidential palace was always wishful thinking.
M. Niaz Asadullah
An Arab Spring for Bangladesh?
Student protests in Bangladesh against the quota system for public jobs could help restore democracy by bringing down Prime Minister Hasina's violent rule.
Yuichi Hosoya
Democracy is on tenuous ground this ‘election year’
From former Soviet countries to India and even the U.S., democracies are backsliding and authoritarianism is gaining ground, with far-reaching global implications.
