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ROME - In case you missed it, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released the final part of a report April 13 which says bluntly we have 15 years to avoid exceeding the “safe” threshold

PALERMO, Sicily -I must emphasise that I am neither an anthropologist nor a lexicographer and I cannot claim to belong to any of the other admirable disciplines that investigate origin of language.

LONDON-Revanchist nationalists of different stripes have just won 65 percent of the vote in post-democratic Hungary --The mystical Jew-baiting Jobbik party increased its share to 20 percent, so no

Cape May, NJ--Blaming the Palestinians for the apparent breakdown in Secretary of State John Kerry’s ill-fated shuttle diplomacy is like blaming the victim of a mugging for the crime.

LONDON--The key struggle in Ukraine is not between Russia and the West. It is for democratic values often associated with the West, but not always promoted by the West.

ROME- F.Scott Fitzgerald famously said “The rich are different from you or me,” yet in his days, in the early years of the 20th century, the rich were not subject to public scrutiny, and were gener

NEW DELHI--Ideally, the next government in New Delhi ought not to have to make hard choices early on in its honeymoon period.

PARIS--Ask the average American to discuss his philosophy and he’s likely to declare that he believes in rotating his tires every 10,000 miles.

Dear Anibal, Again, Italian politics is shifting- You, and many of my friends, have asked me to explain what is happening.

ROME--In a year marked by significant war anniversaries, the question of importance of remembrance and honouring the past seems more relevant than ever.

ROME -- Italian Democratic Party secretary Matteo Renzi is well on his way to stardom.

EDINBURGH -This time next year, the country known as the United Kingdom may be about to disappear -If Scotland's separatist government gets its way in a referendum planned for September, the 300-ye

SAN SALVADOR, Bahamas - At this time of hope for what the new year may bring, it would be useful to look at the legacy we carry with us from the year we leave behind -It was a year full of events -