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Trump’s threat

The latest statement by US President-elect Donald Trump demanding that Brics nations pledge not to create or support a new currency to challenge the American dollar reflects growing apprehension about dedollarisation.

Tyranny of broligarchs

In his much-celebrated book, The Third Wave, futurist Alvin Toffler describes technology as “the dawn of a new civilisation”. Technology has made great strides, solving many of our problems.

Of caps, shoes, tans and red ties…

With Election Day approaching, candidates are courting voters with everything they’ve got: targeted ads, texts, taunts and stump speeches. As a fashion historian, I think an overlooked aspect of electioneering is clothing, which is a silent, powerful way for candidates to tell the American public who they are.

Biden tells Americans he quit race to ‘unify his party’

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday told Americans in an Oval Office address that he ended his re-election campaign to "unify my party” with the larger goal of protecting American democracy and that goal is larger than "personal ambition".