[ad_1] The US Army Corps of Engineers has marked the Line 5 pipeline tunnel as a priority project under an emergency order issued by president Donald Trump in January, reported news agency Associated Press.The order was part of a broader push to reduce US dependence on foreign energy. It directs federal agencies to fast-track permits […]
[ad_1] KANDALAMA: Time for the daily staff meeting at Sri Lanka’s Hotel Amba Yaalu where woman manager Jeewanthi Adhikari jokes: “This won’t look very serious, there are only girls around the table.”The hotel, on the shores of Lake Kandalama in the green hills of central Sri Lanka, opened in January with a unique selling point […]
[ad_1] TAIPEI: Taiwan’s ministry of foreign affairs slammed a joint statement released by China and Vietnam, which mentioned Taiwan as part of China and described it “a serious distortion of the facts,” Taiwan News reported. During Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit on Tuesday, Vietnam backed China’s claim that “Taiwan is an inseparable part of Chinese […]
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Pakistan army chief Asim Munir on Wednesday backed the “two-nation theory” which led to the creation of Pakistan, citing differences between Hindus and Muslims in “every possible aspect of life.”While addressing the Overseas Pakistanis Convention in Islamabad, the Pakistani general said that parents must narrate the story of the creation of Pakistan […]
[ad_1] BANGKOK: Chinese leader Xi Jinping told Malaysia‘s leader Wednesday that China will be a collaborative partner and stand with its Southeast Asian neighbors in the wake of global economic shocks. “In the face of shocks to global order and economic globalization, China and Malaysia will stand with countries in the region to combat the […]
[ad_1] Harvard is where Mark Zuckerberg built the prototype of Facebook to rate his classmates, where eight US presidents learned the art of governing, and where a university president was recently forced to resign for forgetting how citations work.It’s a symbol of elite ambition, intellectual arrogance, and institutional prestige — all wrapped in crimson. Naturally, […]
[ad_1] Putin praises Elon Musk, compares him to Soviet space icon Korolev (Picture credit: AP) Russian President Vladimir Putin has once again heaped praise on Elon Musk, calling him a visionary with ideas as bold as those of famed Soviet rocket engineer Sergei Korolev. Speaking to students during a visit to Moscow’s Bauman University on […]
[ad_1] Harvard University may lose the ability to enroll foreign students if it does not comply with the policy changes suggested by the Trump administration, US Department of Homeland Security said on Wednesday.Days after the government stripped the Ivy League university of federal funding and contracts worth over 2 billion, the DHS also terminated grants […]
[ad_1] US President Donald Trump hugged Patty Morin, the grieving mother of Rachel Morin, during an emotional moment at the White House on Wednesday, reports the Daily Mail. “She’s been through hell,” Trump said, as he held her in the Oval Office. Rachel Morin, a mother of five from Maryland, was raped and murdered while […]
[ad_1] Representative image (Picture credit: ANI) Taiwan’s ministry of national defence (MND) reported a major spike in Chinese military activity around its air and maritime zones on Thursday, marking a continued pattern of pressure from Beijing. According to the MND, 34 aircraft of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), six naval vessels from the People’s Liberation […]
