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"This is not going to be a war of Ukraine and Russia. This is going to be a European war, a full-fledged war." So spoke Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky just days after berating the US for beating the drums of war. It is not hard to imagine how Zelensky’s words must have fallen on those … Continue reading "WWII Redux: The Endpoint of US Policy, from Ukraine to Taiwan"

Tumbleweed. That's what big banks are giving savers in the aftermath of two rate rises in quick succession.

Take a look at some editorial cartoons from across the U.S. and world.

The Dullah Omar Institute in partnership with a group of NGOs placed ordinary citizens in Parliament and in legislatures - so they could get a sense of how Parliament works. The experiences of the group was documented.

Ind vs SL 1st T20I: Aakash suggested Ruturaj Gaikwad and Ishan Kishan should open the batting.

Biden should blame his policies, not Big Oil for high gas prices.

(Reuters) - South Africa paceman Lungi Ngidi has been ruled out of the second and final test against New Zealand with a back strain, the team said on Thursday.

outh Africa’s medicines regulator recently approved a branded version of molnupiravir, a new Covid-19 treatment. But when it comes to affordability and access to the medication, the country’s private sector is getting the raw end of the deal.

15 per cent of Australians are now on plans faster than 50Mbps according to the ACCC’s new NBN Wholesale Market...

Update (2/24/22, 1:30pm EST): Recent events suggest that Putin’s response was not calibrated to avoid a larger action in Ukraine. It is an unfortunate choice. Wherever responsibility lies for the events that have led to this crisis, war is always the wrong answer. It is unfortunate that thirty-one years of American broken promises and broken … Continue reading "Biden’s Historic Blunder and Putin’s Loss of Patience"

The Russian troops delivered strikes against Ukrainian military infrastructure facilities, Zelensky said

Betterland is the first ‘milk’ to come to market that includes a key protein found in cow’s milk, but it’s made with fungi—no animals involved.

"President Putin has chosen a premeditated war that will bring a catastrophic loss of life and human suffering,” Biden said in a statement.

We are now deep into the weeds with respect to Ukraine. So deep, in fact, that the underlying architecture of the situation doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in the hot place of getting even a fleeting mention in the 24/7 war news cycle. So let’s call a spade a spade. The current fraught situation has … Continue reading "George Kennan Warned NATO Expansion Would Lead to This"

Lawful political protest is a protected right, not an excuse for politicians to expand their power.

Clashes between Russia, Ukraine inevitable: Vladimir Putin

The founder of PartnerHero maintains that an overdependent, obsessive attachment to performance indicators can make organizations rigid, short-sighted, and dismissive of innovation.

Power supply to be hit in several parts of Bengaluru today | Check details

Meta-owned messaging platform WhatsApp has introduced a dedicated “Safety in India” resource hub. This hub will educate users about a host of safety measures and processes on WhatsApp that help them stay “safe, smart and secure – online”. The resource hub also reveals the advanced technology and India-specific processes that WhatsApp uses to stop the spread […]

Blisters, bogs and the British winter: my brutal 268-mile marathon across the Pennines

Protest music; shipping costs; Shopify and much more . . .

The critical money skill we all need, particularly when living costs are rising

Financial markets are understandably twitchy as next year’s parliamentary elections approach

Bidding on a boat could sink your finances