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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.
Russian oligarch's superyacht to be auctioned in US
AFP, Published on 06/08/2025
» MIAMI - A luxurious superyacht seized by the US authorities from sanctioned Russian billionaire Suleiman Kerimov is headed to the auction block.
Trump announces ‘golden visa’ website
AFP, Published on 12/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has announced a new website for his planned $5-million US residency permit, saying the waiting list for the “golden visa” has opened on TrumpCard.gov.
Info pollution hurts climate fight
News, Published on 12/06/2025
» The devastation caused by the 2024 flash floods in Valencia, Spain, was so surreal that some images sparked a global debate over their authenticity. In an era when AI technology can produce hyper-realistic fakes, photos showing cars piled haphazardly atop one another in narrow, mud-filled streets seemed almost too shocking to be true. Tragically, these images were all too real.
'Hands Off!' Anti-Trump Americans flood Washington
AFP, Published on 06/04/2025
» WASHINGTON - When Liz Gabbitas joined thousands of fellow protesters Saturday in the US capital, she thought her message to the Trump administration would be best delivered through her homemade sign: a cardboard guillotine.
Trump plans ‘gold card’ visa for ‘high level people’
Published on 26/02/2025
» US President Donald Trump has previewed plans for a new visa programme he is calling the gold card, describing it as “somewhat like a green card, but at a higher level of sophistication”.
Oligarchs already own much of US - can they buy democracy?
AFP, Published on 17/01/2025
» WASHINGTON - They increasingly own everything from access to space to how we get news on Earth and now outgoing President Joe Biden warns America's new breed of Donald Trump-allied oligarchs could gobble up US democracy itself.
Resisting Russia, Moldova’s president fights to keep power
Published on 03/11/2024
» The several hundred people gathered inside a hall in the Moldovan village of Pirlita wore winter clothes to keep out the chill. Heating is a luxury the local mayor can’t afford, even when the president visits.
Starmer's Labour victory in UK: some lessons for all
News, Published on 11/07/2024
» The Labour Party's sweeping victory in the United Kingdom's general election already holds lessons for centre and centre-left parties elsewhere. But whether it will matter in the long run depends on Prime Minister Keir Starmer's ability to address his country's economic woes -- a very tall order.
Love, beauty, violence
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 24/05/2024
» Last year, the world embraced Barbie and Poor Things, two outstanding films that tapped into the state of female consciousness in the 21st century. At the 77th Cannes Film Festival, which ends tomorrow, women-driven stories of all stripes are pushed further up (or down) the emotional spectrum. A noticeable number of titles premiering at the influential festival feature female protagonists in varying states of joy and distress -- and to varying results. Powerful acting by female talent also injects life and spirit into those stories, hailing from all corners of the Earth.