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In 2024, there is a basic incoherence in the establishment/anti-establishment split. Geoffrey Clowes via Shutterstock One of my prized possessions is an electric guitar painted and signed by Green Day. My father won it at a charity auction and gave…
Kellie Harrington has beaten her Brazilian rival Beatriz Ferreira to reach the Olympic final once again. In a repeat of the Tokyo Games final three years ago, Harrington won the first round comfortably while Ferreira won the second. The Brazilian…
Julien Alfred delivered a brilliant gun-to-tape performance to win the women’s 100 metres final on Saturday and claim Saint Lucia’s first-ever Olympic medal, though the controversial absence of Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce left a cloud over the race. Alfred made her usual slick start and…
Vietnamese President To Lam was confirmed on Saturday as the new chief of the Communist Party after his predecessor died on July 19. Mr Lam will be the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the country’s most powerful…
The parties in lawsuits seeking damages for last year’s Maui wildfires have reached a global settlement of more than $4 billion (€3.6 billion), a court filing said on Friday. The agreement comes nearly one year after the deadliest US wildfire…
The death toll has risen to 38 from the partial collapse of a highway bridge in northwestern Shaanxi province in China two weeks ago. The incident saw two dozen vehicles plunged into a rushing river, China’s state broadcaster CCTV reported…
