In a remarkable twist of irony, it was Donald Trump ~ not Mark Carney, nor Pierre Poilievre ~ who became the decisive figure in Canada’s recent federal election.
The massive power outage that plunged large swathes of Spain, Portugal, and parts of France into darkness this week is more than a regional mishap ~ it is a flashing red warning for the rest of the world.
Fuelling many such questions, a raging fire of anti Pakistan sentiment is burning fiercely in Balochistan. Thus, the politics of South Asia is gradually changing.
Frequent headlines of trade wars and real wars, economic disruptions and humanitarian disasters indicate a world that is in the midst of multiple crises.
US President Donald Trump’s first 100 days ~ completed on Tuesday ~ of his second term in office offer a revealing glimpse into a presidency shaped by an unusual combination of forceful action and sharp political division.
Australia’s decision to ban children under 16 from social media is a bold attempt to address growing concerns over the harmful effects of the digital world on young minds.
Unlike conventional advertising, digital advertising increases impact by individualising ads while also reducing businesses’ advertising costs. Nobel Laureates Acemoglu and Johnson are not the first to suggest a tax on revenues from digital ads.
A piece titled “Most world leaders have pardon power. Few use it the way Trump has,” appeared in The Washington Post on 20 January 2021, the day of Joe Biden’s inauguration.
The incident in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh, where a Muslim couple was forced to give up their newly purchased home following protests from neighbours, serves as a sobering reminder of the fragility of communal harmony in India.
By 2016-17, Facebook had designed a business model that aimed at maximising the ‘user engagement’, that is how much time users spent on their platform, and started collecting data on what they liked and shared.
