Is Xi planning power transition or retirement?
BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping, widely regarded as a president for life, is beginning to delegate authority to key organs of the ruling Communist Party, a first in his over…
Israel sends team to Qatar for Gaza talks as Netanyahu leaves for US
JERUSALEM: Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu said he believed his discussions with US President Trump on Monday would help advance talks on a Gaza hostage release and ceasefire deal that Israeli…
Musk says will start a new political party
Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest person and the country's biggest political donor, said on Saturday that he would create a new political party, an enormous and challenging undertaking that would…
War deadens the soul, kills spirituality
The most likely outcome of war is more war. As Nietzsche has pointed out in Human, All Too Human, what no govt admits is that it keeps an army to…
Liangzhu, the coder ‘village’ at the heart of China’s AI frenzy
HANGZHOU: It was a sunny Saturday afternoon, and dozens of people sat in the grass around a backyard stage where aspiring founders of tech startups talked about their ideas. People…
‘100-year catastrophe’: Nearly 80 killed in Texas flash floods – What we know so far
At least 79 killed, and countless July Fourth visitors and campers missing, as flash floods wreak havoc in Texas. US President Donald Trump called it a "100-year catastrophe" and said…
Croatian right-wing singer, fans perform pro-Nazi salute at massive concert
A popular right-wing Croatian singer and hundreds of thousands of his fans performed a pro-Nazi WW II salute at a massive concert in capital Zagreb. One of Marko Perkovic's popular…
War deadens the soul, kills spirituality
The most likely outcome of war is more war. As Nietzsche has pointed out in Human, All Too Human, what no govt admits is that it keeps an army to…
Musk says will start a new political party
Elon Musk, the world's wealthiest person and the country's biggest political donor, said on Saturday that he would create a new political party, an enormous and challenging undertaking that would…
Israel sends team to Qatar for Gaza talks as Netanyahu leaves for US
JERUSALEM: Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu said he believed his discussions with US President Trump on Monday would help advance talks on a Gaza hostage release and ceasefire deal that Israeli…
