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During crisis situations, it is a leader that is expected to explain the essence of the crisis, its limits and consequences, and ways of overcoming it. A leader is called upon to reduce uncertainty, explain what is happening, describe the reasons for a crisis and suggest a specific plan for respond

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will continue to pursue a pragmatic, independent, principled and non-aligned foreign policy that revolves around the values of peace, justice and equality, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.He said regardless of the evolving regional and international architecture, the cardinal principles of Malaysia’s foreign policy will remain consistent and unchanged.“ Malaysia is a nation that subscribes to the strong belief of peaceful coexistence between nations....

Open this photo in gallery A recent poll conducted by Nanos Research and sponsored by The Globe and Mail and CTV asked respondents:' Would you say that the current federal election is necessary, somewhat necessary, somewhat not necessary, or not necessary?... ” A majority of respondents, 56 per cent, answered that the election is not necessary, and another 20 per cent said it was somewhat not necessary. Only 11 per cent said it was necessary, and 12 per cent answered that it was somewhat necess

Open this photo in gallery An Elections Canada voter information card.... This was a campaign where party leaders focused so much on why you shouldn’t vote for the other candidate that they largely neglected to provide a good reason to vote for them.... Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole talked overwhelmingly about having a plan and sparingly about what was in it. Just look at the closing arguments in the final few days.On Sunday, Mr....

Canada has emerged as the only developed country in the world that continues to embrace high levels of immigration.... Increasing worry over housing costs and suppressed incomes have some some analysts urging a cutback in immigration levels.... Others, including this writer, continue to champion immigration as the best means to counter societal aging, promote growth and boost social dynamism. Right now, all major national parties support high levels of immigration....

Open this photo in gallery Photo illustration The Globe and Mail.... Meanwhile, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh hopes to lure progressive voters away from the Liberals by building on his growing popularity and his promise to tax the ultrarich to help pay for everything from national pharmacare to clean drinking water on Indigenous reserves.... Before Parliament’s dissolution, the Liberals had 155 seats, the Conservatives 119, the Bloc Québécois 32, the NDP 24 and the Greens two....

Sri Lanka’s politics have been dominated for much of the past two decades by a single family.... Dwindling foreign-currency reserves have left the country struggling to pay for imports and on the verge of a sovereign-debt default.... “ Always we’ve been governed by fear, told to be careful of the authorities," Ms....

Overall, migration has hit at least 15-year highs in a number of European countries including Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland and the U.K., according to data from theOrganization for Economic Cooperation and Development.... Last year, asylum applications in the Netherlands rose by a third to 46, 400.... Problems arise when “ there’s no ability to say enough—we don’t want this." In September, Slovakia’s former Premier Robert Fico retur

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENT Supported bySKIP ADVERTISEMENT China’s New Central Banker Once Fixed a Crisis.... He takes over as the governor of China’s central bank at a critical time: The economic recovery is faltering, systemic debt is piling up and the currency is weak.... Pan, a prominent economist, was named on Tuesday as governor of the central bank, the People’s Bank of China....