When the Vances landed in India this week, the itinerary looked textbook: meet the Prime Minister, pose at the Taj Mahal, sprinkle in a few cultural references for good measure. Standard fare for visiting dignitaries, performed thousands of times before.But what unfolded was something very different — a subtle masterclass in cultural diplomacy, and at […]
World leaders and dignitaries have converged on St. Peter’s Square to honor Pope Francis at his funeral World leaders including Donald Trump, Emmanuel Macron, and EU officials have gathered in St. Peter’s Square, where around 200,000 mourners gathered to pay their last tributes to Pope Francis. Pope Francis died on Monday, April 21 from heart […]
After the Pahalgam massacre—where terrorists from Pakistan crossed the border and executed 26 people in cold blood—the usual geopolitical script began to unfold. India condemned, Pakistan denied, and the West reached for its thesaurus of euphemisms: “gunmen,” “militants,” “insurgents.” But something unusual happened this time. The sharpest rebuke didn’t come from New Delhi or Washington. […]
SYDNEY: Australia‘s prime minister condemned heckling and booing Friday at two solemn Anzac Day commemorations as “low cowardice”, warning that those responsible would “face the full force of the law”.Anzac Day originally marked the ill-fated World War I landing of Australia and New Zealand Army Corps troops at Gallipoli, in what is now Turkey, in […]
FILE – Supervisor Matt Dorsey is shown during a San Francisco Board of Supervisors meeting in San Francisco, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. (Credits: AP) SAN FRANCISCO: Reeling from drug overdose deaths and scenes of people smoking fentanyl on sidewalks, San Francisco moved closer Thursday to adopting a “recovery first” drug policy that sets abstinence from […]
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is recognized as President Donald Trump speaks during an event to announce new tariffs in the Rose Garden at the White House, in Washington. AP/PTI It was a typical Sunday evening in Washington, D.C.—until it turned into a masterclass in low-level thievery, executed not on an unsuspecting tourist, but on […]
For a man who once promised to colonise Mars, Elon Musk couldn’t even survive six months in the swamp. Washington, D.C.—that festering geyser of bureaucracy, ego, and eternal meetings about meetings—has finally proved too much for the self-anointed saviour of Earth, Twitter, and now, apparently, the IRS. Elon Musk is stepping back from politics. And […]
Kyriakos Mitsotakis (File photo) ATHENS: Greece will deploy the largest firefighting force in its history for a menacing fire season that has already seen over a thousand blazes break out, the prime minister said Thursday.“For 2025, we have the largest number of men and women in the fire service,” Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said during […]
Air Canada has been ordered by the Quebec Court of Appeal to pay over $10 million in damages to passengers following a class-action lawsuit that alleged they charged more than the ticket price advertised. The case centered on the airline charging more than the advertised ticket prices by adding undisclosed taxes, fees, and surcharges.Justice Judith […]
BEIJING: China and Kenya agreed on Thursday to boost ties to a new level and oppose trade barriers, following talks between President Xi Jinping and his Kenyan counterpart William Ruto in Beijing.Relations between Beijing and Nairobi will be upgraded to a “China-Kenya community with a shared future for the new era”, Chinese state news agency […]
