Thomas Mapfumo, the Zimbabwean singer, bandleader and songwriter, is one of Africa's most respected musicians known not only for his hypnotic chimerenga music but also for his steadfast support for human rights, political dignity and social justice. Chimerenga is the Shona -- Mapfumo's ethnic group -- word for liberation and is based on the sacred and iconic instrument, the mbira (thumb piano or...
The all-out effort by the Pheu Thai-led government to auction decade-old rice from Yingluck's rice-pledging scheme raises questions about the party's political acumen.
What will Southeast Asia be like over the next two decades? Given the unpredictable geopolitical situation, the region will certainly maintain its strategic autonomy in ways that mitigate the ripple effects of the emerging new international order. The multipolar world will be a new ballgame that Southeast Asia has to grapple with. Interestingly, the region's countries also realise that the...
Madeleine Albright, the former US Secretary of State, once called Slovakia "the black hole at the heart of Europe", which seems a harsh judgement on five million Slovaks. The assassination attempt on Prime Minister Robert Fico was alarming, but we can narrow the problem down to a more specific group of people.
As countries around the world experienced record temperatures last year, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres declared, "We must turn a year of burning heat into a year of burning ambition." But to move away from fossil fuels and unlock the green transition's economic benefits, such as job creation and universal access to clean energy, industry leaders and policymakers must work...
IRPC Plc, the petrochemical arm of national oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc, expects its business to improve this year, driven by overseas demand, especially from China, which will help the company move into the black, following two years of losses.
Longhorns fans making the trek to Fayetteville, Arkansas, for the UT-Arkansas game later this year now have another option to get there.
The national average diesel price continued to slide, shedding 5.9 cents to reach $3.789 a gallon, according to Energy Information Administration data released May 20.
Israeli anti-government activists clashed with police on the Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway as they demanded the government resign over its failure to gain the release of hostages captured nearly eight months ago by Hamas.
The officers verified the weighing instruments, short filling of packages, short weighment of commodities, charging more than MRP and other violations of packaged commodities.
After a commanding first-half performance, the MG Mystics thrilled their Trusts Arena home crowd with a 54-44 win over AVIS Magic to round out Round Six of the ANZ Premiership in Auckland.
Some research suggests the brain has its own microbiome, but scientists don't know much about it.
A 59-year-old former employee at a vocational school in Miyazaki Prefecture was sentenced to 23 years in prison on Monday for sexually assaulting seven people including some students…
The project aims to prevent the lake from overflowing, but was stalled around 2021 when a lawsuit argued a temporary access road through the area's Pumice Plain could damage research in the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument.
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The team is made up of South Asian therapists who are able to connect to their clients because of their shared cultural backgrounds and provide a space of understanding many have never experienced before.
City Comment: The City still has a huge amount going for it. We should remember that more often
Martin Gruenberg, the chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, will step down from his post once a successor is appointed, the White House said Monday.
The prosecution rested Monday and closing statements are expected to take place next week.
A survey of major Japanese firms showed they offered their highest monthly wage increases in 32 years at over 5 percent in the spring wage negotiations, as many…
Aggressive deputy speaker of parliament, best Bratislava views, and notorious embezzler's death.
Earlier in the day a top Democrat had called for the FDIC chair to be replaced after an external review found sweeping reports of employee mistreatment and sexual harassment.