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The West is making a muddle of its Syria sanctions

world news
Published on Jan 21, 2025 08:00 AM IST
People celebrated at Umayyad Square in Damascus on December 8, 2024. Islamist-led rebels declared that they have taken Damascus in a lightning offensive on December 8, sending President Bashar al-Assad fleeing and ending five decades of Baath rule in Syria.

Does made in Mexico mean made by China?

FILE PHOTO: An employee works on the assembly line at the Volkswagen automobile manufacturing factory in Puebla, Mexico, August 12, 2010. REUTERS/Imelda Medina/File Photo
world news
Published on Jan 20, 2025 08:00 AM IST

Should you start lifting weights?

Barbells; chalk; the clang of iron plates. Strength training is having a moment.
lifestyle
Published on Jan 19, 2025 08:00 AM IST

Health warnings about alcohol give only half the story

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Drinking a lot is indisputably bad for you
lifestyle
Published on Jan 18, 2025 08:00 AM IST

How to make sense of 2024’s wild temperatures

Temperatures passed 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) in northern India as an unrelenting heatwave triggered warnings of water shortages and heatstroke. 2024 is confirmed by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) to be the warmest year on record globally, and the first calendar year that the average global temperature exceeded 1.5°C above its pre-industrial level. (AFP)
environment
Published on Jan 17, 2025 08:00 AM IST

Olaf Scholz still thinks he can win re-election as chancellor

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German chancellor Olaf Scholz.
world news
Published on Jan 16, 2025 08:00 AM IST

The US Army needs less good, cheaper drones to compete

Ukrainian drones are typically assembled from cheap components made in China. . (File)
world news
Published on Jan 15, 2025 08:00 AM IST

Why have Britain’s bond yields jumped sharply?

British Finance Minister Rachel Reeves speaks during a press conference after the 11th China - UK Economic and Financial Dialogue in Beijing on January 11, 2025. (Photo by Aaron Favila / POOL / AFP)
business
Published on Jan 14, 2025 08:00 AM IST

Pakistan’s army puts a former intelligence chief on trial

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General Hameed, who has been in custody since August, is accused of, among other things, “engaging in political activities” and violating secrecy laws.
world news
Published on Jan 13, 2025 08:00 AM IST

Mark Zuckerberg’s U-turn on fact-checking is craven—but correct

This photo illustration created on January 8, 2025, in Brussels, shows the media giant Meta's logo displayed on a smartphone and screen displaying the words "fact checking". (Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP)
technology
Published on Jan 12, 2025 08:00 AM IST

Los Angeles against the flames

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Smoke and fire billows from the Palisades Fire threatening homes in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 11, 2025. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton
world news
Published on Jan 11, 2025 09:00 PM IST

AI can bring back a person’s own voice

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Artificial intelligence.
technology
Published on Dec 30, 2024 08:00 AM IST

Machine translation is almost a solved problem

It is hardly a surprise that the AI model-makers are bullish, but the optimism feels apt.
technology
Published on Dec 29, 2024 08:00 AM IST

France is not alone in its fiscal woes

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French President Emmanuel Macron stands at attention during commemorations marking the 106th anniversary of the November 11, 1918, Armistice, ending World War I, at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024.
world news
Published on Dec 28, 2024 08:00 AM IST

Could the next pope come from Africa or Asia?

TOPSHOT - Pope Francis (C) presides over a mass at Place d�Austerlitz (U Casone) in Ajaccio, as part of his trip on the French island of Corsica, on December 15, 2024.Photo by Pascal POCHARD-CASABIANCA / AFP)
world news
Published on Dec 27, 2024 08:00 AM IST

Taylor Swift, imperfect capitalist?

Taylor Swift performs as her record-breaking The Eras Tour comes to an end with the first of her three concerts in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada December 6, 2024. REUTERS/Jennifer Gauthier
entertainment
Published on Dec 26, 2024 08:00 AM IST

The novel was a dominant art form last century

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Novels are not, in fact, dying: bookstores flog ever-changing stacks of new ones.
books
Published on Dec 25, 2024 08:00 AM IST

What a censored speech says about China’s economy

A boy poses with a Chinese national flag in front of Tiananmen Square in Beijing.. (Reuters)
world news
Published on Dec 24, 2024 08:00 AM IST

Are adults forgetting how to read?

Worse still, adults in many places have grown less literate over the past ten years.
books
Published on Dec 23, 2024 08:00 AM IST

India wields cricket as a geopolitical tool against Pakistan

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Cricket once played a conciliatory role between the two countries.
sports
Published on Dec 22, 2024 08:00 AM IST

What has four stomachs and could change the world?

In rich countries, cows are unfashionable. The health-conscious are shunning red meat and switching to plant-based milk. (HT File)
health
Published on Dec 21, 2024 08:00 AM IST

Christmas films are cheesy, mindless and widely loved. Why?

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Who likes such sparkly fluff, and why? Adult Christmas films are mostly watched by women, from millennials upwards.
entertainment
Published on Dec 20, 2024 08:00 AM IST

Can an agreement with the EU resurrect Mercosur?

European Union flags outside the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. (Reuters file photo)
world news
Published on Dec 19, 2024 08:00 AM IST

Protests threaten Georgia’s Kremlin-friendly government

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Anti-government demonstrators protest outside the Georgian parliament after the parliament members elected a new president, in Tbilisi on December 15, 2024. An electoral college, controlled by the ruling Georgian Dream party and which is boycotted by the opposition, elected Mikheil Kavelashvili with 224 votes as the country's next President for a five-year term. The opposition has denounced the December 14 election as "illegitimate" and said the sitting president, Salome Zurabishvili remains the country's sole legitimate leader. (Photo by Giorgi ARJEVANIDZE / AFP)
world news
Published on Dec 18, 2024 08:00 AM IST

Trump for Dummies

US President-elect Donald Trump will take charge of the Oval Office in January 2025.
world news
Published on Dec 17, 2024 08:00 AM IST

Is America’s opioid epidemic finally burning out?

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FILE PHOTO: Tablets of the opioid-based Hydrocodone at a pharmacy in Portsmouth, Ohio, June 21, 2017. REUTERS/Bryan Woolston/File Photo
world news
Published on Dec 16, 2024 08:28 PM IST

Audiobooks are booming, thanks to streaming subscriptions

Streaming is resented by many musicians and record companies, who pine for the days when listeners bought CDs for $15 a pop rather than streaming tracks for a fraction of a cent each
lifestyle
Published on Dec 15, 2024 08:00 AM IST

Ursula von der Leyen has a new doctrine for handling the hard right

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Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, is pictured during a press conference after a board meeting of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. Ursula von der Leyen announced her intention to run for a second term as EU commission president. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
analysis
Published on Dec 14, 2024 08:00 AM IST

What is screen time doing to children?

Smartphones and social media have become a big part of childhood.
analysis
Published on Dec 13, 2024 08:00 AM IST

Yuval argues that AI has hacked the operating system of human civilisation

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Yuval Noah Harari is a historian, who lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
world news
Published on Dec 12, 2024 08:00 AM IST
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