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American comics used Saudi Arabia’s first global comedy festival to skewer a debate raging at home. Critics said the event was part of Saudi efforts to draw attention away from a political crackdown.
Taiwan is considering forming a high-tech strategic partnership with the US, which wants increased Taiwanese investment, the island’s top tariff negotiator said on Thursday, giving an update on talks with Washington. Taiwan, home to the world’s biggest contract chipmaker TSMC 2330.TW, runs a large trade surplus with the United States. The island’s exports to the US are currently subject to a 20% tariff, a figure … Read more
[The president plans to meet with the White House budget chief to slash what he described as “Democratic agencies.”
At a Climate Forward event, David Wallace-Wells explores why global momentum on climate action is faltering, even as clean energy technology rapidly advances.
The attack in Manchester, England, happened on Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar. The assailant was shot by the police and believed to be dead.
[ After four consecutive sessions of gains, gold prices retreated in both the international and domestic markets on Thursday. In the international bullion market, the yellow metal slipped by $25 per ounce to settle at $3,865. Read: Gold tops Rs400,000 amid global rush Tracking the global trend, domestic prices also registered a decline. The per … Read more
Jennie Baptiste, who forged her own path as a photographer of contemporary life in Britain, will have her own exhibition at London’s Somerset House.
MUMBAI: Australia beat New Zealand by 89 runs to kickstart their Women’s Cricket World Cup campaign on Wednesday in a one-sided affair between the two rivals. Ashleigh Gardner starred for Australia with the bat, crafting a sparkling second ODI hundred as the White Ferns bled 326 runs — the heaviest tally ever conceded in meetings … Read more
[A Supreme Court decision that keeps a Fed governor on the job for now could scramble President Trump’s effort to add more loyalists at the central bank.
Two people were killed and at least three others were in serious condition after the vehicle ramming and stabbing attack on Yom Kippur.