Malaysia-based Axiata Group reportedly moved closer towards combining its Indonesian operation XL Axiata with local carrier Smartfren, owned by conglomerate Sinar Mas, in deal that could worth $3.5 billion.
The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is talking up an Israeli offer to Hamas – does this mean Israel and Hamas are on the verge of a new deal to pause hostilities? We also hear about the perils of being a journalist in Gaza.Also in the programme: Spain's Socialist Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez says he'll stay on, despite allegations about his family; and Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz on competing freedoms and the dangers of neoliberalism.(IMAGE: US Secretary of State Antony...
College athletics is nearly unrecognizable in many ways from the college athletics we all grew up with in the 90’s and the 2000’s. Teams play in different conferences, athletes change teams all the time, and players can make money while in college. (None of those things are necessarily bad.) Eventually, the dam is going to […]
Andre Villas-Boas has ended Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa's 42-year rule as president of Porto with a resounding win. This has been a long-held goal for the ardent Dragões supporter. He left his managerial position in 2022 to devote himself fully to his presidential campaign. Villas-Boas, who had a short and difficult time as Chelsea Andre Villas-Boas has ended Jorge Nuno Pinto da Costa’s 42-year rule as president of Porto with a resounding win. This has been a long-held goal for the ardent...
By Matt Solomon Published: April 26th, 2024
It has not always been the way in the past few months but it was hard to
Actor Mark Hamill of "Star Wars" fame made the eyebrow-raising claim that President "Joe Biden is the best president we've ever had."The post from Hamill, who played the character Luke Skywalker in multiple "Star Wars" films, has earned nearly 7 million views so far on X. — (@) "Not satire," Seth Dillon, CEO of the satire site the Babylon Bee, wrote when retweeting Hamill's post."The galactic level of delusion or dishonesty necessary to even form that...
FIFA deepened its ties to Saudi Arabia by confirming a sponsorship with the kingdom’s state oil firm Aramco on Thursday. The deal was expected and became inevitable once Saudi Arabia was all but sealed last October as the 2034 host of the men’s World Cup. The deal through 2027 includes
Nearly two weeks ago, Columbia University president Minouche Shafik assured members of Congress that an anti-Semitic professor had been terminated. That professor, Mohamed Abdou, was "grading his students' papers" before the end of the semester and would "never teach at Columbia again," Shafik said.
Israel listened to its allies. Yesterday's retaliation for Iran's mass missile and drone attack last weekend was limited and carefully calibrated, just as its friends had urged.
The vote to invoke cloture, or begin debate, on the legislation passed 80 to 19. The bill passed the House on Saturday in four separate votes before being packaged together for the Senate. Package gives billions to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, and could potentially ban TikTok
Two delegations of Congressional lawmakers plan to visit Columbia University. A group of Jewish Democrats announced they will walk with Jewish Students. The visits come while anti-Israel protests have engulfed the Ivy League school. Progressive 'Squad' member Ilhan Omar's daughter. about