Opinion: Why Debates Matter

Prince Harry has formally listed the U. S. as his primary residence for the first time, U. K. documents show. The update was marked in a filing for Travalyst, an eco-tourism charity founded by Harry. The notice—dated April 15, 2024—lists the royal as Prince Henry Charles Albert David Duke of Sussex and marks his new country of residence as the U.

Scotland’s only gender clinic for young people has paused prescribing puberty blockers for new patients under 18 years old after the National Health Service (NHS) in England banned children from receiving the gender treatment last month. Puberty blockers are used to delay puberty changes by stopping the body from making sex hormones including testosterone and estrogen.

The exact moment Taylor Swift came gliding into my life was when she released “The Man” music video. I remember it all too well. I was leading projects in a predominantly male organization. Colleagues had been quick to criticize my violations of unwritten rules regarding how women should lead—rules dictating niceties, get-in-line supportiveness, and instruction with subtlety. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “The Man,” written from an ambitious women’s perspective, tells the story of living in a world built for someone else.

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. would like to say that it doesn’t matter who wins the U. S. election in November because his country will be fine with a second Joe Biden or Donald Trump term. But he can’t. “I think it would be artful to say that we do not watch closely the political cycle that is ongoing in the United States,” Marcos told reporters at a forum Monday, just days after a historic trilateral summit in Washington to reinvigorate the strategic partnership between the U.

“Where is Ahmad?” The soldier called my name while we were stopped at the last Israeli checkpoint on the way from Ramallah to Jerusalem. I am a Palestinian American. But once I’m in my ancestral homeland, I’m not an American in the eyes of Israeli authorities. I am simply Palestinian, denied the basic right to movement and pilgrimage to the Holy Land. For too long, Palestinians in the diaspora, like myself, became travelers on our soil.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The Chinese and Indonesian foreign ministers called for an immediate and lasting cease-fire in Gaza after a meeting in Jakarta on Thursday, condemning the humanitarian costs of the ongoing war that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians. Indonesia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Retno Marsudi told reporters that the two countries share the same view about the importance of a ceasefire and of resolving the Palestinian problem through a two-state solution. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “I am sure that China would use its influence to prevent escalation,” Marsudi said, adding that China and Indonesia “would also fully support Palestine’s membership in the U.