Britain: Politics in crisis — prospects for the hard right and militant left Phil Hearse examines the rapidly shifting political landscape that the increasing likelihood of a Starmer-led government is bringing about. 04/23/2024 - 4:32 pm | View Link
Political scraps over public or private ownership are a distraction to solving Britain’s railway woes Delays, cancellations and strikes - the UK's railways are in a mess. But both parties' solutions for fixing the nation's rail network are flawed, argues Guy Taylor ... 04/21/2024 - 6:00 pm | View Link
Cricket, class and baila: The many layers of Sri Lanka’s celebrated Royal Thomian sports encounter With an unbroken 145-year streak, the face-off between two of the island-nation’s oldest schools has become a cultural rite of passage for the nation’s elite. 04/20/2024 - 7:00 pm | View Link
Warning: Banning smoking can endanger your political health Second, Tory MPs have become wary of badly drafted or ill-defined virtue-signaling laws. In the UK, these are called “Dangerous Dogs Acts” after an unworkable bill that was passed during one moral ... 04/19/2024 - 6:30 pm | View Link
Pheu Thai Party eyes House Speaker position Pheu Thai Party reportedly plans to restructure parliamentary operations, aiming to reclaim House Speaker role from Prachachat Party. 04/18/2024 - 4:51 pm | View Link
Against the global backdrop of violent conflicts, withering financial conditions and increasingly extreme weather events, leaders of major institutions have needed to adapt and pursue meaning beyond creating profit, as top officers of four companies discussed Wednesday on the TIME100 Summit stage.
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Tory Burch, Executive Chairman of Tory Burch and creator of the Tory Burch Foundation and member of this year’s TIME100, said when she considers leading her company for the past 20 years she “can’t believe she’s still standing.”
“Being an entrepreneur today is, as I mentioned, whiplash.
(WASHINGTON) — Ukraine for the first time has begun using long-range ballistic missiles provided secretly by the United States, bombing a Russian military airfield in Crimea last week and Russian forces in another occupied area overnight, American officials said Wednesday.
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Long sought by Ukrainian leaders, the new missiles give Ukraine nearly double the striking distance — up to 300 kilometers (190 miles) — that it had with the mid-range version of the weapon that it received from the U.
Hamas released a video on Wednesday appearing to show that Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin is alive, providing the first significant evidence that he survived severe injuries sustained during his capture on October 7, 2023.
The short video, which is undated, shows Goldberg-Polin sitting in a chair, part of his left arm missing after it was reportedly blown off during last year’s attack that ignited the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas.
Dust clouds from the Sahara desert in North Africa have blown across the Mediterranean Sea and turned Greece’s sky orange on Tuesday. Historic landmarks in the country’s capital Athens, including the ancient citadel of Acropolis, were blanketed in orange dust.
One image, taken from the famous Tourkovounia hills that bisect the city of Athens, shows a man in a face mask taking a photo of the Mars-like view of the city.
King Charles III bestowed honors on his family members and nobles, including a new historically significant title for his daughter-in-law, Kate Middleton.
The King appointed the Princess of Wales to be a Royal Companion of The Order of the Companions of Honour on Tuesday, St George’s Day. The order was founded by King George V in 1917 to recognize outstanding achievements and major contributions over a long period of time to the arts, sciences, medicine, and public service.
As India’s marathon election kicked off its first voting phase last Friday, April 19, unemployment was looming large in the minds of millions of voters—despite the country’s rapid economic growth. Since Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014, economists have been quick to serve India on a silver platter as a powerful rival to China, particularly for its global manufacturing, investment, and growth capabilities.