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Eva Longoria decided to leave the U.S. amid the COVID pandemic, and she has no plans of returning now that Donald Trump has been elected to serve a second term as president. She told Marie Clarie for its November cover story that she splits time between homes in Spain and Mexico; the globalization of entertainment […]
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Here’s what businesses are open on Veterans Day Veterans Day is a federal holiday. Many businesses and restaurants remain open, but banks and the post office are closed. Monday is Veterans Day, a federal holiday with roots tracing back to the end of World War I. An armistice between the Allied nations and Germany began […]
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The Chancay port near Peru’s capital Lima which is being built by China’s state-owned Cosco Shipping. | Photo Credit: Reuters In South American copper giant Peru, the incoming Donald Trump administration in the U.S. will find itself already on the losing side in a trade battle with China, part of a bigger power realignment around […]
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An undefined, indefinable glorious past; a present that is of turmoil and loss; a future of reclamation and renewal — all popular mobilisations, religious and secular, populist and elite, have this understanding of time in common. At its core, the Make America Great Again — MAGA — movement that Donald Trump leads in the U.S. […]
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With just days to go for the U.S. presidential elections on November 5, after what is arguably the most polarised campaign in recent history, it is time to start looking at what the future may hold. In the run-up to the polls, there were surprising turns, including the Joseph Biden-Kamala Harris switch as the Democrat […]
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Washington: There are concerns brewing regarding the fragility of the world’s oldest democracy. American voters are increasingly anxious about the upcoming presidential election, with apprehension about political violence, attempts to overturn election results and the broader implications for democracy. According to the findings of a poll conducted by The Associated Press-NORC Centre for Public Affairs […]
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The death of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar on Thursday, October 17, by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), is a watershed moment in the Israel-Hamas war that has raged on since October 7 last year. A senior member of Hamas, Sinwar had taken over its leadership following the assassination of Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh earlier this […]
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Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei posted on social media on Saturday (October 12, 2024) that the Italian explorer’s arrival introduced enlightenment to the region. | Photo Credit: Reuters An Argentine claim that European contact brought civilization to the Americas has provoked rebukes from across Latin America, where heated debates often flare up over the era’s […]
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It’s not every day a country dares to ignore the mighty America. Most nations know that defying the US President may result in a stern warning, maybe a bit of diplomatic cold shoulder or, in the worst-case scenario, a new set of sanctions. But then again, not every leader is Benjamin Netanyahu. The Israeli Prime […]
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