Новости за 15.05.2024

A word about David Zaslav — CEO of Warner Bros. Discovery (owner of CNN) — who raked in $49.7 million in compensation last year. That was 26 percent more than he earned the year before, according to a proxy statement filed recently with the Securities and Exchange Commission. 

In this interview, Dr. Victoria Panova, vice rector at the HSE University, head of BRICS Expert Council, managing director at the National Committee on BRICS Research, and Russian W20 Sherpa, discusses the dynamics of women engagement in BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) association, and further highlights the challenges facing their empowerment and evolving women-specific initiatives. She, however, pointed out that one of the important goals of the BRICS women community is... Читать дальше...

In his November 2022 farewell address, outgoing Pakistan army chief Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa conceded that the main reason for the Pakistan army being “criticised from time to time,” was its unconstitutional “involvement in politics for the last 70 years,” and claimed that “the army [had] decided after a lot of deliberation that it will not interfere in any political issue.”

An indictment was unsealed Wednesday charging Anton Peraire-Bueno, 24, of Boston, and James Pepaire-Bueno, 28, of New York, with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The charges in the indictment arise from an alleged novel scheme by the defendants to exploit the very integrity of the Ethereum blockchain to fraudulently obtain approximately $25 million worth of cryptocurrency within approximately 12 seconds.

Fast Cables Limited (FAST), a well-established name in the cable industry of Pakistan began operations in 1985. In December 2008 FAST was incorporated as a Public Limited Company. FAST specializes in the manufacturing of electrical cable and conductors. The Company’s product range encompasses Low voltage cables, Medium voltage cables and Bare Conductors. Renowned for its commitment to innovation and cutting-edge technology.

By Clayton Thomas and Jim Zanotti

Hezbollah (“Party of God,” also spelled Hizballah) is an Iran-backed Lebanese Shia militia and U.S.-designated Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). Hezbollah is an Iranian partner force, helping Tehran project power across the region, train allied militias (reportedly including Hamas), and threaten U.S. interests and allies across the region.

Formed in the wake of the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the group has conducted numerous attacks against Israeli and Western targets. Читать дальше...

By Enoch Randy Aikins 

For three decades, Ghana’s political landscape has been dominated by two parties – the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC), each of which has won four presidential elections.

Instead of a multiparty democracy, the country is becoming a biparty democracy at the expense of smaller parties and independent candidates, whose share of votes in presidential and parliamentary elections has dropped. But momentum is building for a third force ... Читать дальше...

Republicans have developed a reputation for ridiculing nanny state policies of the United States government that regulate an array of activities and products as if Americans are all infants or toddlers unable to look out for their own best interests. Nonetheless, the Republican United States House of Representatives leadership has announced it is putting on the House floor for votes this week several bills that seek to expand the power and scope of the nanny state.

Every love story is unique, and in traditional Indigenous Southern Plains culture, it begins with an original ballad performed on the flute. In order to win a lover’s affection, and respect among the tribe, each pursuer must compose one good flute serenade.

The changing context for enterprise through the centuries reminds us that business activities are not universal but fluid and alter according to society's practical priorities and ethics.

We are caught in a vicious cycle of too many laws, too many cops, and too little freedom.

By Dr. Arjun Shankar

On January 26, 2024, in the midst of ongoing global protest against Israel’s siege of Gaza, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ordered that Israel must “take all possible measures” to prevent genocide against Palestinian people living in the Gaza Strip. Justice Dalveer Bhandari, the only Indian justice of the fifteen judges who overheard the case, concurred with the ruling, writing, “It must, in this case, take into account the widespread destruction in Gaza... Читать дальше...

By Eyad Abu Shakra

I am still uncertain about the implications of US President Joe Biden’s decision to suspend “advanced weapons” to Israel in response to the defiance of Benjamin Netanyahu and his war Cabinet, who have ignored Washington’s requests that they refrain from invading the city of Rafah.

Frankly, I am not sure that President Biden has finally “toughened up” after running out of patience with Israel’s blatant disregard for Washington’s interests, and I am not saying its feelings. Читать дальше...

Unprecedented flash floods wreak havoc in Afghanistan, leaving devastation in their wake and plunging the nation into crisis.

By Nadia Al-Faour

Muammar Qaddafi’s capture and killing by rebel fighters near his hometown of Sirte on Oct. 20, 2011, failed to usher in the era of stability and democracy that Libyans had hoped for when mass protests erupted earlier that year.

Instead, despite the best efforts of the UN Support Mission in Libya, the country remains deeply insecure, divided by two rival administrations, and fragmented among a plethora of armed groups vying for control.

“The fracturing of the Libyan body politic... Читать дальше...

By Htet Myat Aung

Myanmar’s 2021 military coup has given rise to significant uncertainty regarding the stability of the country. The seizure of power by the military has sparked armed resistance and an overall deterioration in the country’s economic conditions. In response to international sanctions, the junta has been compelled to rely on its natural resource reserves to fund its military expenditure.

The previous government, which enjoyed significant public support, imposed... Читать дальше...

By Courtney Mares

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández will unveil guidelines for discerning Marian apparitions and other supernatural phenomena on Friday, but it is not the first time that the Vatican’s doctrine office has issued a directive for how the Church should respond to news of an alleged apparition.

Fifty years ago officials from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith identified how the emergence of mass media had created an environment in which news of an alleged... Читать дальше...

Yemen’s Houthi Armed Forces have issued a stark warning, indicating potential escalation in their support for Palestine should Israel persist with its aggressive campaign against the Gaza Strip. 

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) designated Tuesday one Russian individual and three Russia-based companies involved in an attempted sanctions evasion scheme in which an opaque and complex supposed divestment could have unfrozen more than $1.5 billion worth of shares belonging to U.S.-designated Russian oligarch Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska (Deripaska).

Astronomers at MIT, the University of Liège in Belgium, and elsewhere have discovered a huge, fluffy oddball of a planet orbiting a distant star in our Milky Way galaxy. The discovery, reported in the journal Nature Astronomy, is a promising key to the mystery of how such giant, super-light planets form.

A young whale’s journey across the Mediterranean highlights the many threats facing ocean animals, researchers say.