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A Pakistani court has sentenced four men to death for their involvement in a car bombing last year that killed four people near the residence of an anti-India militant leader

Additionally, the lawmakers noted that December department data showed only 4% of American Rescue Plan funds for school districts had been touched.

India has a unique opportunity to develop and grow richer before ageing sets in

After receiving zero nominations for its first two seasons, “Succession” finally broke through at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, receiving five nominations on Wednesday. Not only that, but the Emmy-winning series made some history to boot: It’s the first show to earn three nominations in the drama actor category in the same year. Brian Cox, […]

Stocks eased off of early gains, but still edged higher in afternoon trading on Wall Street Wednesday after the latest report of surging prices appeared to keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise interest rates later this year.

Prominent right-wing figures have been falsely describing a comment the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made last week about Covid-19 deaths -- taking Dr. Rochelle Walensky out of context to wrongly claim she had delivered a dramatic new admission about the 840,000-plus Americans who have died of the virus.

MLB The Show has allowed users to play as some of the greatest MLB legends, but Redditors want these iconic players added to the game.

Hollyoaks aired heartbreaking scenes following the death of Sylver McQueen, as two more deaths were confirmed including one at the end of the episode on E4

The premiere of the new hit FOX comedy Pivoting had many hysterical moments, but these quotes will leave you crying with laughter.

Amberin Zaman, Al Monitor

Turkey has offered — belatedly — to support Kazakhstan in helping to restore order to the central Asian nation that has been rocked by violent protests triggered by a hike in fuel prices and underpinned by a power struggle between rival ruling clans.

Kerry Brown, East Asia Forum

While disaster has so far been averted, in 2022 all eyes will be both on how the government handles this looming crisis and how it continues to treat the private sector, a significant source of employment. It will also be important to see how Beijing implements its ‘dual circulation' strategy which is meant to strengthen the role of Chinese consumers and make them more important as sources of growth. The test will be to see whether this reenergises growth. Harsh... Читать дальше...

Erez Manela, Foreign Affairs

The history of the United States in the postwar era is replete with American efforts to change other nations. These projects often failed to achieve their goals, but few so completely as the recent one in Afghanistan. After 20 years, a great many lives lost, and untold billions spent, the Taliban—the very same group that the United States had intervened to remove at the outset—returned to power while U.S. personnel were still mid-evacuation.

Jeffrey Kucik & Rajan Menon, Foreign Policy

Probably not—but that doesn't mean it won't try.

Daniel Drezner, Washington Post

The Biden administration has made no bones about its desire to prioritize the Indo-Pacific region in its grand strategy. The Biden team has tried to reduce the U.S. footprint in areas deemed less vital (Afghanistan, the Middle East more generally) so as to bolster efforts in areas deemed more vital (Europe, the Indo-Pacific).

Deirdre Hargey will bring a paper to the Executive on Thursday.

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Misinformation makes up a teeny-tiny share of what most people read, and we might want to worry a little less about debunking it or trying to get people not to read it, argue the authors of a research note published Wednesday in the Harvard Kennedy School’s Misinformation Review. Instead, they say, “more efforts should be...

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BUDAPEST, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has announced a price cap on basic foods, in order to help families cope with an upswing in inflation.

Like with many films throughout the years, The Shining has become a pop culture goldmine for comedic parodies and references.

Sex and the City was known for its dialogue, and the same can be said with the sequel series And Just Like That, which already has some great quotes.

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — Doctors in Kansas and Missouri are hunting down ventilators and running out of monoclonal antibodies as COVID-19 patient counts hit pandemic highs at a growing number of hospitals.