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Our columnist looks at politics closer to home this week and says we have seen campaigns ramp up a little now in the last couple of days. Source link
(Analysis) Many have long viewed the 21st century as an “Asian century,” dominated by a perpetually rising China. However, the 2020s may mark a turning point, with China’s meteoric ascent slowing and signs of a decline emerging. This pivotal shift could reshape the global order, moving from relative unity under globalization to intensified competition between […]
An illustration depicting a smartphone with a display reading VPN. — Reuters/File ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) Chairman Major General (retd) Hafeezur Rehman has said that the “common man needs VPN” amid the looming ban on private gateways. The PTA chairman made the remarks while briefing the Senate standing committee on Information Technology and Telecommunications […]
And then, the main dilemma: Who has to take responsibility for what? The so-called global south is pressing for money to tread a path from developed countries to those left behind, who have not played a historical role in the climate crisis. The industrialized world, on the other hand, demands commitments on decarbonization from developing […]
Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum has accused the country’s supreme court of overstepping its functions and “trying to change what the people of Mexico decided” as it prepares to discuss whether to strike down parts of a transformative judicial reform. The court is expected to vote on Tuesday whether the controversial reform violates other parts of […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live” in the final days before the election, playing herself as the mirror-image double of Maya Rudolph’s version of her in the show’s cold open. The first lines the candidate spoke as she sat across from Rudolph, their outfits identical, […]
NEW YORK – Live from New York, it’s a presidential candidate scrounging for every vote in the final days before the election. U.S. Vice-President Kamala Harris made a surprise trip to New York City on Saturday to appear on “Saturday Night Live,” briefly stepping away from the battleground states where she’s been furiously campaigning in […]
Wildfires have existed for as long as plants have been on land. These fires are not inherently bad, but in many regions they are becoming larger, more intense and faster-moving. In the western United States, extensive fires are now commonplace. For example, in July, the Park wildfire in northern California spread to more than 50,000 […]
RB Leipzig host Liverpool in the Champions League on Wednesday as Jurgen Klopp’s recent past and not-too-distant future collide. The 57-year-old will not be there at the Red Bull Arena on Wednesday but his shadow still looms over the contest. Klopp stepped down as Liverpool manager in the summer citing exhaustion after a successful nine-year […]
Water scarcity, long an impending concern in arid nations across the world, has already arrived in Mexico. “Day Zero” — the day when water resources become irreversibly scarce — is rapidly bearing down upon the country. Here, the crisis is driven by a confluence of factors: inequality in access, pollution and the ever-accelerating impact of […]