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Future utopias stumble over governance
Oped, Published on 20/08/2025
» In 2020, the rapper Akon declared he would build his own eponymous city on the site of the coastal village of Mbodiène, Senegal.
Student arrivals to US continue to plummet, with Asia hit especially hard
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/08/2025
» HONG KONG — Visitors to the United States arriving on student visas plunged in July, falling year-on-year for a fourth straight month.
Familiar foes all set to top charts again
Sports, Dave Wiggins, Published on 17/08/2025
» For all the things wrong about NCAA football nowadays -- Name and Image Licensing (which enables colleges to legally pay players), the transfer portal (creating player free agency) mega conferences, etc -- the governing body of American college ball finally got something right:
Asian markets dip as dollar rises on US data
Business, Published on 16/08/2025
» RECAP: Asian stocks slipped on Friday after an unexpected jump in US producer prices tempered expectations for a Federal Reserve interest rate cut, bolstering the dollar and weighing on regional currencies.
Faced with US heat waves, the Navajo push for power -- and A/C
AFP, Published on 13/07/2025
» TONALEA (UNITED STATES) - Workmen plant electricity poles in the rust-orange earth of the Navajo Nation and run cables to Christine Shorty's house -- finally giving her power against the searing Arizona desert heat.
500 tourists evacuated from Grand Canyon wildfires
AFP, Published on 12/07/2025
» LOS ANGELES (UNITED STATES) - Fast-spreading wildfires have forced the evacuation of part of the Grand Canyon, with the US National Park Service saying at least 500 people had been guided out of the danger zone.
Dear DOGE, it's high time to tear down those dams!
News, Published on 12/07/2025
» No big government infrastructure project made an imprint on the landscape and economy of the West more than the US Bureau of Reclamation's 20th century dam-building spree, which peppered 490 dams across the country, created an agricultural civilisation dependent on federal hydrology civil engineering, and brought about a welter of environmental difficulties after drying up dozens of once-healthy rivers.
Judge orders Trump administration to unfreeze EV charging funds
AFP, Published on 26/06/2025
» LOS ANGELES - A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to release billions of dollars allocated for the construction of electric vehicle charging stations in over a dozen US states.
A 10-day journey across snowy Iran
Roger Crutchley, Published on 22/06/2025
» Watching events unfold in the Middle East last week sparked memories of the brief time I spent in Iran a long time ago in more peaceful times. In February 1969 I travelled across the northern part of the nation during an overland trip from London to New Delhi. The country was still run by the Shah who was overthrown 10 years later in the Iranian Revolution.
Bitcoin traders say it could hit $130,000 later this year
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 28/05/2025
» After hitting a record high of US$111,000 last Thursday, the next resistance level for Bitcoin is projected at $130,000 as the cryptocurrency has shifted from a speculative asset to a "strategic pillar" of the modern economy, say pundits.