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Random Musing: Why Zohran Mamdani will find it hard to be another Barack Obama | World News

[ad_1] Since Barack Obama became the first Black president of the United States — and the patron saint of slightly deracinated global liberals who feel increasingly alienated as global politics lurches right — liberals have been waiting for the next Obama: the Aragorn who will again lead the righteous army and rid America of the […]

Return of the King? How Barack Obama is taking on Donald Trump – behind the scenes | World News

[ad_1] At some point in late July, Barack Obama picked up the phone and decided to do the very thing Barack Obama once promised never to do. According to a report in Washington Post, the former president called Eric Holder. They’d been pacing in moral circles for days, torn between the democracy they’d idealised and […]

‘Ban superintelligence’: Calls grow over risks of AI; Harry, Meghan sign letter

[ad_1] Meghan Markle and Prince Harry, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, attend the third annual World Mental Health Day Gala (Image credits: AP) In an unusual coalition, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and prominent figures from the worlds of tech, politics, and entertainment have joined forces with conservative commentators Steve Bannon and Glenn Beck. Their […]

‘Testing times’: Barack Obama criticises Donald Trump; urges Americans to ‘take a stand’

[ad_1] Donald Trump; Barack Obama Former US President Barack Obama criticised incumbent Donald Trump’s policies, saying that the country is being “tested right now” and urging Americans to “take a stand.” Obama made the remarks on the 1,686th and final episode of the “WTF With Marc Maron” podcast, which the comedian launched in September 2009. […]

Gaza peace accord: Will Israel confer its highest civilian honor on Donald Trump? – Here’s what we know

[ad_1] Donald Trump (AP image) and medal (AI-generated image) Israel President Isaac Herzog announced on Monday that he will present the country’s highest civilian award to his US counterpart Donald Trump. The award, Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor will be presented to US President in recognition of his role in securing the release of hostages […]

‘Commitment to seeing path forward’: Hilary Clinton’s rare praise for Donald Trump after Gaza accord; urges global support

[ad_1] Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton (AP images) In a rare moment of bipartisanship, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has praised President Donald Trump for his role in brokering a historic Gaza peace deal that aims to end the two-year war in the region.“I really commend President Trump and his administration,” Clinton said in […]

50th wedding anniversary: Bill & Hillary Clinton look back on five decades of marriage; share unseen pics

[ad_1] Bill Clinton’s post on X (Image/X) Former US President Bill Clinton wished his wife, Hillary Clinton, a happy 50th wedding anniversary on October 11 with a heartfelt post on X, reflecting on their life together since 1975.In a post on X, he wrote, “For 50 years, you have kept me thinking, laughing, and growing. […]

‘Got to take credit’: Trump says he warned about Osama bin Laden a year before 9/11; claims it was ignored

[ad_1] US President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed that he foresaw Osama bin Laden as a threat to America before the September 11, 2001, terror attacks, saying he had written about the al-Qaeda leader in one of his books.Speaking before a gathering of Navy personnel in Norfolk, Virginia, during the Navy’s 250th anniversary celebrations, Trump […]

‘Corrupt and totally Trump deranged’: Donald Trump urges Microsoft to sack Lisa Monaco; calls her ‘menace to US security’

[ad_1] Donald Trump urges Microsoft to sack Lisa Monaco (Picture credit: AP, US department of justice) US President Donald Trump on Friday publicly demanded that Microsoft dismiss Lisa Monaco, the company’s president of global affairs and a former top official in Democratic administrations.In a lengthy Truth Social post, Trump claimed ‘corrupt and totally Trump deranged’ […]

Why Donald Trump is unlikely to win the Nobel Peace Prize this year | World News

[ad_1] Medical dramas are a dime a dozen on American TV, but few ever touched the sheer genius of House MD. You had Hugh Laurie, a quintessential British humourist, playing a misanthropic American doctor based on Sherlock Holmes — inception-level wall-breaking, because Arthur Conan Doyle modelled Holmes on a doctor. Like Holmes, House wrestles with […]