Pavel Durov, the Russian-born founder of the popular messaging app Telegram, is scheduled to appear in a French court shortly after his recent arrest at Paris’s Le Bourget airport. Durov, a prominent
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Editor’s Note: In a recent interview with Gita Wirjawan, Kishore Mahbubani, the renowned Singaporean diplomat and scholar, shared profound insights into the shifting global power dynamics. With a distinguished career that includes
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Currently, Bangladesh is witnessing the presence of two parallel governments. One is an army-backed, illegal, and unconstitutional ‘Interim Government,’ or ‘Puppet Government,’ formed on the night of 8 August 2024. It is
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Certainly, eyebrows were raised when it was announced that Indian Prime Minister Modi would visit Ukraine, with many speculating about the purpose of his visit amid what seems to be an unending
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It would be a big surprise if Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) from the National People’s Power (NPP) fails to win the presidential elections due to be held on 21 September. This is
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Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi visit to Ukraine on 23 August 2024, at the invitation of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in the spot light this week. This
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The day after former Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina left Dhaka, I was on the phone with a friend who had spent some time on the streets that day. He told me
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During her nearly 40-minute-long speech on the final day of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Vice President Kamala Harris laid out her economic plan for the nation as “an opportunity economy where
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Ukraine has tried to attack the Kursk nuclear power plant reinforcing a theory that the Kursk offensive was aimed at creating significant havoc by either capturing or wrecking the Kursk NPP. The
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Editorial Note: This series is based on the keynote speech by the author, titled “Shaping the Future: Policies for Dynamic Growth towards Improving Social Protection and Well-being of the People,” delivered at
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Sheikh Hasina’s fall in Bangladesh highlights history’s cruel irony. The ousting of the leader signifies the end of a period marked by the very oppression her father fought against during Bangladesh’s inception.
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by Mathalee “He who conquers others is strong; he who conquers himself is mighty.” – Lao Tzu It has been three years since Mangala’s passing, and still, the echoes of his life
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Following excerpts adapted from author’s news book, The Alternative: How to Build a Just Economy, published by Hachette Book Group In 1886, the Russian novelist Leo Tolstoy wrote a short story called
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Male, 23 August 2024 – In a historic first, the Maldives has reported that its usable dollar reserves have run out, according to Adhadhu, a local media outlet. This alarming development follows
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by Joseph Matthews The Philippine coast guard’s actions in Xianbin Jiao waters in the South China Sea have not only seriously violated China’s territorial sovereignty, but also posed a threat to regional
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