Written by Roger Cohen
The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, finds itself navigating troubled waters. Long the affluent symbol of a globalizing world where the assumption was that more trade would bring more freedom, it now confronts internat…
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While many of us will remember the last year as a time when superstar authors published highly-anticipated follow-ups — think Michelle Obama, Jennifer Egan and Hanya Yanagihara — it was also a banner year for emerging voices.…
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"PLA should conduct blockade exercises around the island and use AI technology to deter U.S. interference and Taiwanese independence forces," said Ni Yongjie, deputy director of the Shanghai Institute of Taiwan Studies.…
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Rajya Sabha MP and former law minister Kapil Sibal on Sunday accused the government of attempting to “capture” the judiciary and said it was trying its best to create a situation in which the NJAC in “another avatar” may be tested in the Supreme Court …
2023-01-15
As part of RRR’s award campaign, SS Rajamouli recently attended a screening of the film at the Directors Guild of America. And a clip from Rajamouli’s interaction with journalists prior to the screening is now making the rounds of the internet.…
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Pongal/Sankranti is the main thanksgiving Sun festival in India to worship and celebrate the bounty of the Sun God, ‘Surya Bhagwan’! Pongal is also the biggest festival of Tamil Nadu. It is dedicated to Surya Bhagwan and is celebrated by everyone, espe…
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A key lesson learned from the COVID pandemic is how important the international supply chain is to national security. Whether it was personal protective equipment (PPE) for the health care system, or microchips for car production, or the food system, s…
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A Myanmar-China border crossing vital to trade has partially reopened, an official said Sunday, after years of a pandemic-prompted closure.
Covid-19 shuttered the Muse-Ruili checkpoint—among the Southeast Asian nation’s busiest—in April 2020.…
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An Iranian national flag flies above the new Phase 3 facility at the Persian Gulf Star (PGSPC) gas condensate refinery in Bandar Abbas, Iran, on Jan. 9. 2019. The third phase of the refinery begins operations next week and will add 12-15 million liters…
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The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's (TSMC) founder and chairman's personal details were …
2023-01-15
Destini Ambus, a senior at Auburn University in Alabama, was so surprised last month about a new ban of TikTok on state-owned devices and internet networks that she read the news alert about it aloud to her friends.…
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It was the week before Christmas and creatures were stirring in John’s Live Poultry, a storefront butcher shop at 5955 W. Fullerton Ave.
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Chickens were loudly clucking, some alternately pecking at a feeding tray attached to their cage.R…
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A growing number of states in the US have banned TikTok on government devices. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images
North Carolina and Wisconsin are the latest US states to ban TikTok on government devices.…
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MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Enough was enough. For 13 years, extremists with al-Qaida’s East Africa affiliate had controlled Mohamud Adow’s village in central Somalia, imposing harsh ideology …
2023-01-15
Yangon, Myanmar: A Myanmar-China border crossing vital to trade has partially reopened, an official said Sunday, after years of a pandemic-prompted closure.
COVID-19 shuttered the Muse-Ruili checkpoint — among the Southeast Asian nation’s busiest — in …
2023-01-15
“The new progress in Australia-China relations is encouraging. It is expected that the relationship between the two countries will continue to develop and pave the way for Geraldton to provide more high-quality products to Chinese customers,” a social …
2023-01-15
“The new progress in Australia-China relations is encouraging. It is expected that the relationship between the two countries will continue to develop and pave the way for Geraldton to provide more high-quality products to Chinese customers,” a social …
2023-01-15
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: By ransacking government buildings in their fervent opposition to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s 8 January 2023, rioters may have strengthened his hand, at least temporarily, analysts say.…
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: By ransacking government buildings in their fervent opposition to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s 8 January 2023, rioters may have strengthened his hand, at least temporarily, analysts say.…
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Large garbage bags had been used to cover up the magnificent tau tau — funeral effigies — standing over the swimming pool to avoid offending the guests. “The statues made it very obvious who the guy and who the gal are,” the president of the energy gia…
2023-01-15
By ransacking government buildings in their fervent opposition to leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s January 8 rioters may have strengthened his hand, at least temporarily, analysts say.
Many even among the backers of defeated far-right ex-pre…