Zhu is credited with supplying the tenacity to push through changes such as China’s WTO membership, which helped transform China into the world’s biggest exporter BEIJING: Former Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, the impatient, sharp-tongued reformer who helped ignite China’s explosive economic boom by forcing wrenching change on state industry in the 1990s and leading the…
Afghanistan only country where girls formally barred from secondary, higher education, Unesco says An estimated 2.4 million Afghan girls remain excluded from secondary education, five years after the Taliban returned to power, according to a report by Unesco.Unesco said Afghanistan remains the only country in the world where girls and women are formally barred from…
Quote of the day by Michael J. Fox (AP photo) Humour can genuinely change how a difficult moment actually feels. A stressful situation seems lighter once someone finds a reason to laugh, and a serious problem often becomes easier to approach once it can be seen from another angle. Michael J. Fox, the actor and…
Quote of the day by New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani delivered a powerful speech on July 4, 2026, on the occasion of America’s 250th birthday, addressing the burning issue of migration, weaving in his story of coming to the US as well. “The city I see today looks…
Voltaire was an influential French Enlightenment philosopher and writer who championed reason, freedom of thought, and religious tolerance while criticizing injustice and intolerance. Imagine standing on the deck of an ocean liner when a sudden storm tears the ship open. The engine stops, water rushes into the lower parts of the ship, and the vessel…
Montesquieu was a French Enlightenment thinker who advocated the separation of powers among the legislature, executive, and judiciary to prevent abuse of power. In 1995, a young online bookseller operating from a Seattle garage put a simple sign on its office wall: “Get Big Fast.” To a casual observer, it looked like a typical Silicon…
Was Jamal really behind the deletion of IShowSpeed and Kai Cenat’s Minecraft Hardcore world? Viral clip explained A viral clip from IShowSpeed’s Minecraft Hardcore stream made it look like his brother Jamal had erased the world he and Kai Cenat had spent hours building. That is not what happened. Jamal did delete a saved world…
Pete Hoekstra, US Ambassador to Canada More than 60,000 Canadians have signed a petition demanding for US Ambassador Pete Hoekstra to be expelled, accusing him of interfering in Canadian politics and hurting relations between the two countries, BBC reportedThe petition asks the Canadian government to remove Hoekstra from his post in Ottawa and calls for…
Quote of the day by David Goggins. David Goggins is a retired United States Navy SEAL, an accomplished ultra-marathon runner, ultra-distance cyclist, triathlete, public speaker, and author. Born into severe adversity, Goggins endured a traumatic childhood marked by physical abuse, poverty, racism, and learning disabilities. As a young adult, he found himself working a dead-end…
From Dredge to Delta: USACE, Partners Restore Roughly 70 Acres of Wetlands at Deal Island Wildlife Management Area A $13.5 million restoration project in Somerset County, Maryland, has successfully turned dredged river sediment into about 70 acres of tidal wetland habitat, according to the US Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District Website.The project at the…
USACE celebrates advancement of the Indian River Lagoon South Restoration Project A major environmental restoration project in South Florida has reached an important milestone with the completion of a 2,560-acre stormwater treatment area designed to capture, clean, and store runoff before it reaches vulnerable coastal waterways, according to US Army Corps of Engineers.The completion of…
US to withdraw remaining troops from Iraq by September 30, officials say (Representative image) The US is on course to withdraw its remaining troops from Iraq by September 30, according to US and Iraqi officials, ending a military presence that began with the 2003 invasion.Iraqi Prime Minister Ali al-Zaidi reaffirmed the September 30 date during…
