• Urgent reforms imperative to make UN reflective of current geopolitical realities: India

    United Nations: India has said that the revitalisation of the UN General Assembly must be seen in the wider context of the overall reform of the United Nations, including the Security Council, ensuring that it reflects the current geopolitical realities and can meet increasingly complex challenges. "India has always been of the view that the General Assembly can be revitalised only when its position as the primary deliberative, policy-making and representative organ of the United Nations is...

  • PAK-W vs WI-W Cricket Scorecard, 1st T20I at Karachi, April 26, 2024

    Get cricket scorecard of 1st T20I, PAK-W vs WI-W, Pakistan Women vs West Indies Women 2024 at National Stadium, Karachi dated April 26, 2024.

  • Slave to Reality

    “Blue-eyed white devils” are not very popular nowadays. At least not with a recent migrant thrown off an airline flight for calling his fellow travelers thus. The man was drunk, or he might have been a New York Times reader. Or watched network news, especially NBC, because he really had it in for white people. […]

  • Energy and Transition Realities

    The energy transition as a concept is itself in need of a transition. We

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    How Virtual Reality Could Transform Architecture

    Some architects believe virtual reality will lead to more efficient and effective design. Others see it as little more than a gimmick.

  • Geopolitical Risk – Hedging The Unhedgeable?

    Geopolitical Risk – Hedging The Unhedgeable? Authored by Peter Tchir via Academy Securities, This is the first time (in a long time) that I contemplated not doing a weekend T-Report. What’s the point when by the time you read it, everything in the geopolitical realm may have changed? But, with so much going on and so much chatter about geopolitical (and other risks), it still seemed worth it to grind a report out. Hopefully you saw our recent SITREPs addressing Iran’s launch of...

  • 'Vol Genie' Is Out Of The Bottle, Geopolitical Tensions Or Not

    'Vol Genie' Is Out Of The Bottle, Geopolitical Tensions Or Not Authored by Simon White, Bloomberg macro strategist, Equity, fixed-income, credit, commodity and even FX volatility are beginning to rise in unison. The proximate cause may have been rising geopolitical tensions, but the underlying conditions were there long before, and cross-asset volatility is likely to stay elevated. Volatility across the board had been trending down since October. But recently it has been...

  • A New Virtual Reality Horror Adventure Announced

    20th Century Games, in collaboration with developer Survios, has unveiled their latest project, Alien: Rogue Incursion.

  • The reality of Bibby Stockholm to be revealed in people's inquiry

    A new report lays bare what life is like on the UK’s floating prison-barge, the Bibby Stockholm. Produced by Care4Calais, Portland Global Friendship Group and Stand up to Racism Dorset, ‘The Bibby Stockholm: A People’s Inquiry’, compiles the lived experience of people living on the barge, evidence from the charities supporting them, and the testimony […]

  • 32 Best Reality Shows That Bring The Drama

    If Jersey Shore has no fans, I have left this earth.View Entire Post ›

  • Markets Can Absorb Geopolitic Risks, To A Point

    Markets Can Absorb Geopolitic Risks, To A Point By Michael Msika and Jan-Patrick Barnert, Bloomberg Markets Live reporters and strategists Geopolitics is having an impact on investment decisions again, and risks are rising as well as equity volatility. Yet under the hood, the stock market is absorbing the shock relatively well so far. Stress levels have had a steep surge as tensions in the Middle East show no sign of abating. Systematic funds are reducing exposure, technicals are...

  • Holding on to the empire w/ Brian Berletic (Live)

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