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(Analysis) The European Union stands at a critical crossroads. Once a global powerhouse of innovation and economic strength, it now grapples with stagnation and declining competitiveness. Overregulation and underinvestment have stifled growth. If these trends persist, the EU risks becoming uncompetitive within a few years. Mario Draghi’s recent report underscores this alarming reality, and leaders […]
An unprecedented year of elections around the world has underscored a sobering trend – in many countries the commitment to act on the climate crisis has either stalled or is eroding, even as disasters and record temperatures continue to mount. So far 2024, called the “biggest election year in human history” by the United Nations […]
Anthony Irungu / BBC The mourners at a cemetery in crisis-hit Mozambique’s capital, Maputo, were strikingly young – children shedding tears as they bade farewell to a 16-year-old friend, who was shot dead while banging pots and pans in an opposition-organised protest against the outcome of last month’s presidential election. “Antonio was shot in the […]
For 15 years, former Texas schoolteacher Kayla Morris put every dollar she could save into a home for her growing family. When she and her husband sold the house last year, they stowed away the proceeds, $282,153.87, in what they thought of as a safe place — an account at the savings startup Yotta held at a […]
(ANALYSIS) As the star of the scathing documentary “Religulous” — “religious” plus “ridiculous” — Bill Maher has never hidden his agnostic views about faith. But that doesn’t mean the stand-up comic doubts the reality of evil. Consider his blistering comment on smartphones, drawn from his “Real Time” talk show earlier this year. Far too many […]
Roy Morgan retail expert Laura Demasi said: “The challenge The Reject Shop has is similar to Big W in that it feels really low-brow, it really feels discount in their stores. This all comes back to the store experience – it feels cheap and difficult in there. Loading “There’s a lot of opportunity for the […]
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A United States envoy said an agreement to end the Israel-Hezbollah war is “within our grasp” after talks in Lebanon on Tuesday. There was no such optimism in the Gaza Strip, where the looting of nearly 100 aid trucks by armed men worsened an already severe food crisis. Amos Hochstein, the Biden administration’s pointman on […]
It’s been 53 days since Hurricane Helene devastated my hometown of Asheville, but I’m going to level with you: I showered in a FEMA trailer this morning, so it’s still really hard to care about send rates and conversion optimization.
Amid deteriorating air quality in Delhi, Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday emphasized that both the state and central governments are actively working to combat air pollution, saying there is “no use in blaming” others. “All departments are taking combined action against pollution. The Supreme Court has also become strict on this. GRAP-4 has […]