At a time when conversations around toxic and performative masculinity dominate both culture and critique, Szalay’s refusal to join the chorus or offer a prescription feels both unsettling and subversive
His withdrawal -- Greg Abel is set to take over as CEO -- marks the end of an era. Whether Abel can earn the trust and confidence of Berkshire shareholders remains to be seen
The protest against air pollution indicates a possible and potential rupture in paralysis. It reframes the issue not just as an administrative lapse but also as a political betrayal
Abrupt reversal, especially on the question of releasing stray dogs back into the areas from where they were picked up, breaks from the balanced approach of the August 22 order and threatens to reignite passions on a deeply polarising issue
Worries over the implications of confidential information being uploaded have already led the finance ministry to reportedly ask its employees not to use tools like ChatGPT and DeepSeek on office devices
One of the priorities at COP 30 will be to create a roadmap to track global adaptation progress. Unlike mitigation, adaptation has no single global metric. The roadmap will also need to be sensitive to the fact that social inequalities make some people more vulnerable than others.
From prohibiting the police from taking custody of a woman after sunset or in the absence of female police officers, to requiring the police to mandatorily present an accused before a judge within 24 hours, procedural safeguards serve as a bulwark of individual rights and liberties, protecting citizens from state arbitrariness
Thirty-two Sinhalese were shot dead by Tamil militants at Navalwathe village in Sri Lanka’s Trincomalee district as President J R Jayawardene rejected the Tamils’ demand for the linkage of the Northern and Eastern provinces.
For Trump, even as he continues to provide fodder for comics at home, a silent deputy and a non-existent opposition is still a joke at best and a wish at worst, unlike in so many aspiring superpowers.
According to Huang, who has earlier said that US AI models are not significantly ahead of the Chinese models, China is racing ahead due to lower energy costs and looser regulations.
The coalition that brought Zohran Mamdani victory — the immigrants, minorities and “the next generation of New Yorkers who refuse to accept that the promise of a better future was a relic of the past”, that he referred to in his victory speech — will expect transformative change.
