DECEMBER 17, 2022
Ukrainian soldiers camouflaging an American-made M-777 howitzer in the Donetsk region in May. Lawmakers voted to approve $800 million in military funding to Ukraine. - Ivor Prickett / NY Times
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congress on Thursday gave final approval to a $858 billion military policy bill that would increase the Pentagon’s budget by 8 percent and repeal...
DECEMBER 17, 2022
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during the United States game against Wales. - Carl Recine/Reuters
They have shown up in the shiny soccer stadiums here in Qatar one after the other, popping up more frequently than yellow cards or penalty goals.
There was President Emmanuel Macron of France cheering his team “les Bleus” on Wednesday as they beat...
DECEMBER 17, 2022
Representative Rosa DeLauro (D-CT-03) speaks during Press Briefing With U.S. House And Senate Champions, Impacted Families on Expanding the Child Tax Credit During Lame Duck Session on December 07, 2022 in Washington, DC. - Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Economic Security Project
A new proposal to expand COVID-era child tax credits could provide parents with up to $3,600 per...
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Gregory "Greg" Jensen, co-chief executive officer of Bridgewater Associates, pauses during a Bloomberg Television interview on day three of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. - Simon Dawson/Bloomberg via Getty Images
The world’s biggest hedge fund is sounding the alarm about the potential for a protracted multi-year recession.
Bridgewater Associates co-chief investment...
DECEMBER 16, 2022
Free speech experts and human rights organizations blasted Elon Musk's decision to suspend several high-profile journalists from Twitter on Thursday, with some raising concerns that the tech tycoon has created an opening for authoritarian regimes to intensify their crackdowns on independent reporting and political dissent.
In interviews, academics who specialize in freedom of expression and technology expressed worries...
DECEMBER 16, 2022
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - When Daniel DePetris, a U.S.-based foreign affairs analyst, received an email in October from the director of the 38 North think-tank commissioning an article, it seemed to be business as usual.
It wasn't.
The sender was actually a suspected North Korean spy seeking information, according to those involved and three cybersecurity researchers.
Instead of infecting his...
DECEMBER 16, 2022
A photo illustration showing former President Donald J. Trump’s newly released digital trading card collection. Incentives to buy the $99 cards include entry into a series of sweepstakes to meet Mr. Trump or golf at one of his properties. - STF/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
Donald J. Trump’s political opponents have long criticized him as something of a...
DECEMBER 15, 2022
After disrupting the telecom services space, multi-billionaire Mukesh Ambani has launched his next offensive. This time, he is eyeing the country’s vast fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) market, which is already the fourth-largest in the world.
Armed with a host of fast-moving packaged food and beverages (F&B), Ambani’s Reliance today forayed into the market under its in-house brand...
DECEMBER 15, 2022
India on Tuesday, 13 December, strongly condemned the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) by saying that the outfit has "lost its credibility". The Ministry of External Affairs made the statement after OIC Secretary-General Hissein Brahim Taha visited the Line of Control on the Pakistani side and was briefed on the situation by the Pakistan military. Mr. Taha also prayed...
DECEMBER 15, 2022
The grammatical conundrum that academics have been unable to answer since the fifth century BC has been resolved by a PhD student at Cambridge University. According to reports, Rishi Rajpopat, 27, has decrypted a book penned by Panini, a master of the Sanskrit language. Around two and a half thousand years ago, Master Panini lived.
According to academics,...
