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Category: Politics
China lowers flag, tightens security for funeral of economic reformer Zhu Rongji
Beijing: consigned to the flames on Tuesday the body of former Premier , and lowered the national flag to mourn the no-nonsense reformer who died […]
Pakistan top court orders ex-PM Imran Khan be moved to hospital from jail, his party says
ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court of Pakistan ordered on Tuesday that former Prime Minister Imran Khan be moved to hospital from jail, his said, meeting a […]
A researcher turned politicians’ faces into economic data, asking whether their obesity could serve as an unlikely warning sign for something governments rarely reveal: corruption
is usually something investigators have to uncover rather than see. It can hide in secret payments, inflated contracts, political favours and unexplained wealth. Measuring it […]
Quote of the Day by Elaine Scarry: ‘To have great pain is to have certainty; to hear that another person has pain is to have doubt’
When someone says they are in pain, there is usually no way to experience exactly what they are experiencing. You may see them wince, hear […]
Quote of the day by Mahmoud Darwish: ‘The importance of poetry is not measured, finally, by what the poet says but…’ – Palestinian poet’s timeless lesson on the power of words, expression and meaning, and why great writing goes beyond the message and lives in the way the words reach us
was one of the most influential Palestinian poets of the modern era. Known for his powerful language, emotional depth and reflections on exile, identity, memory […]
Hungary’s forgotten Soviet city still stands near Lake Balaton: The story of Szentkirályszabadja and its sudden Cold War disappearance
Not far from , beyond the living village that shares its name, lies a place that feels frozen in another era. , near Veszprém, was […]
Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan will one day reintegrate into India: Baba Ramdev
Raipur: Yoga guru on Monday said Pakistan, Bangladesh and would one day become part of India again, and urged people to be patient. Speaking to […]
Quote of the Day by Barack Obama: ‘It’s important to make sure that we’re talking with each other in a way that heals, not in a…’ – How words heal and shape feeling of unity? Ex-US President’s powerful wisdom on need for empathy and respect
Sometimes conversations leave scars instead of solutions. Think about the last time a heated argument turned personal, did it heal the bond or deepen the […]