“…Sunil Rayan has decided to leave the company due to personal reasons. As many of you know, Sunil joined us in early 2020 with the intention of relocating from the US to India to lead Disney+ Hotstar. The pandemic halted those plans and he led the team remotely,” the memo read.
The Biden administration on Thursday announced recommendations for agencies and local governments to adopt in order to increase the amount of Native Americans who vote in elections.The recommendations include directing the U.S. Postal Service...
Roderick Parkes, Internationale Politik
This year is shaping up to be a pendulum year—a moment in history when the big formative forces of world affairs reverse direction. There are telling parallels with the year 2001. Europe, however, needs to draw the right lessons.
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Lucian Kim, Kennan Institute
Vladimir Putin has a dangerous hobby.
His obsession with the past and his historical legacy is consuming thousands of lives, wreaking destruction on Ukraine and threatening Russia's own future.
Eugene Czolij, Kyiv Ind.
For this Extraordinary Summit to properly address the greatest geopolitical crisis since WWII and not be just another forum for NATO's leadership to simply show a united front, it is essential that NATO Heads of State and Government keep in mind some important factors when mapping out their critical course of action, which should include the immediate supply of much needed defensive lethal weapons for Ukraine to be able to continue defending its territorial integrity and impose a no-fly zone over its airspace. Читать дальше...
Howard French, WPR
That is because, I wrote, an alliance between a superpower like China and a far less dynamic country like Russia, whose economy is a small fraction of the former's size, is not much of an alliance. This would especially hold true if Beijing's support for Russian President Vladimir Putin deepened European wariness of China and caused Europe and the United States to grow even closer, both of which now seem almost certain.
David Gardner, Financial Times
The stop-start efforts to resuscitate the landmark nuclear deal, or Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, Iran signed with the US and five world powers in 2015 may be in danger of meeting another dead end.
Thursday, March 24. It was warm in Los Angeles. We were working the daywatch out of Bunco. The boss is Captain Stewart. My partner’s Bill Gannon. He’s a good player. My name’s Friday. We got a call about a scam at a Glendale club. We checked it out. The suspect was still playing. One of […]
Annette Bohr, Chatham House
As Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine at the end of February, authorities in Turkmenistan - an autocratic post-Soviet state with the world's fourth largest gas reserves - avoided any talk of the war and instead urged citizens to vote early in the snap presidential election on 12 March.
Nozomu Yoshitomi, War on the Rocks
Russia's invasion of Ukraine has taught Taiwan many lessons about preparing for a possible Chinese invasion. Japan should also take this opportunity to learn. What more can Japan's Self-Defense Forces do to prepare given their inevitable participation in any potential conflict over Taiwan?
Russia’s tactics during the invasion echo a strategy forged during the Chechen wars of the 1990s.
Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker
The frustrated Russian leader has punished officials for misjudging the invasion of Ukraine. But ordinary citizens remain in the dark.
Gavin Mortimer, Spectator
The French President is giving violent rioters what they want
Ben Van Der Merwe, NS
The rising price of wheat will have severe repercussions in countries that rely on imports for bread.
President Biden has largely avoided pointing the finger at his predecessor on Ukraine, even though some Democrats believe he could defang GOP attacks over Russia by drawing a contrast with former President Trump.Tr...
Transport Quebec needs to speed up plans for a Highway 20 bypass through an urban boulevard in the off island region, west of Montreal island.
Skyrocketing ballot rejections, Democrats say, is "direct" and "intended" result of state's new voting restrictions
There’s been a lot of excitement this week in East Germany as Elon Musk’s Gigafactory launched to a rapturous reception. Elon flew in to cut the ribbon as the first 30 vehicles produced at the facility were handed over to customers. The event was hosted by Andre Traurig, vehicle manufacturing lead at Tesla, and included a speech by Elon Musk, with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Economy Minister Robert Habeck, and Brandenburg Prime Minister, Dietmar Woidke in attendance. Big props to Tobia King who filmed and translated the opening speeches. Читать дальше...
Top stories from the Russian press on Thursday, March 24th
The build-up for the Socceroos has been less than ideal, but tonight they take on Japan in Sydney in a crucial World Cup qualification battle.
Perched at second position in the Pro League points table behind Germany and ahead of the Netherlands by the skin of their teeth, the Indian men’s hockey team have all the right noises to be considered one of the strong contenders for the premier FIH tourney. The Amit-Rohidas-captained side has exuded amazing fighting spirit throughout the tournament and the manner in which they pulled off final-minute goals to seal the fate of Spain and Argentina is a testimony to that.
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African Development Bank (AfDB) president Dr Akinwumi Adesina says the development finance institution is ready to support South Africa’s transition from coal to renewable energy and announced that a just energy transition facility was being created by the bank to support the country’s transition efforts. Speaking at the fourth South Africa Investment Conference in Johannesburg, Adesina said the bank, which had previously supported the financing of Eskom’s Medupi coal-fired power station, was now... Читать дальше...
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