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‘Shame must change sides’ | The Star | WN24

FOR years, she had been losing hair and weight. She had started forgetting whole days, and sometimes appeared to be in dreamlike trances. Her children and friends worried she had Alzheimer’s. But in late 2020, after she was summoned to a police station in southern France, she learned a far more shattering story. Her husband […]

A systematic barbarism | The Star | WN24

Trigger warning: Multiple accounts of violence, rape and murder ON Aug 9, a second-year postgraduate trainee at Kolkata’s RG Kar Medical College was raped and murdered in one of the most horrific femicide accounts to emerge from the subcontinent in recent years. According to her colleagues, the 31-year-old doctor had retired to sleep on a […]

We can learn from ‘Black Myth: Wukong’ | WN24

NO one could have anticipated that being well-versed in Journey to the West would be considered “cool” in 2024. Yet here we are, as the newly released action role-playing video game Black Myth: Wukong has reignited global interest in the 16th-century classic written by Wu Cheng’en. I have watched with fascination and occasional bewilderment as […]

Editorial: Vaccination pauses in fighting in Gaza should lead to ceasefire | WN24

IT can hardly be said that the residents of the Palestinian territory of Gaza have got out of a crisis through pauses in fighting that are limited in time and location. But can’t pauses in fighting for vaccinations be linked to a full-fledged ceasefire? The countries concerned must persistently appeal to Israel and the Islamist […]

Why are Bhutanese start-ups not taking off? | WN24

BHUTAN’S start-up ecosystem is at a crossroads. In the past decade, the start-up landscape in the country has seen a number of innovative ventures – from e-commerce platforms and online delivery apps to streaming platforms. And in recent years, the focus has shifted to robotics and artificial intelligence, keeping up with the rapid pace of […]

Speeding up connectivity | The Star | WN24

BAD weather, wild animals, even cars – it does not take much for the Internet service in his village to be disrupted, says Sakaria Awang. Even when there are no “disturbances”, his village in Bentong, Pahang, is one of those rural areas with a slow and unreliable connection, says the deputy president of the Peninsular […]

Active shooter near Kentucky highway, reports of numerous shot in traffic | WN24

(Reuters) – Kentucky police reported an “active shooter situation” near Interstate-75 in London, Kentucky, on Saturday evening where “numerous persons” have been shot. The incident began just before 6 p.m. (1000 GMT) about nine miles outside of London, when officers were called for reports of multiple vehicles being fired at on Interstate 75 in Laurel […]

Musk says SpaceX to launch first uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years | WN24

(Reuters) – SpaceX will launch its first uncrewed Starships to Mars in two years when the next Earth-Mars transfer window opens, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said in a post on social media platform X on Saturday. “These will be uncrewed to test the reliability of landing intact on Mars,” Musk said, adding if those […]

Which country is better at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from its factories? | WN24

French President Emmanuel Macron visits a factory of manufacturer Valeo in Etaples, near Le Touquet, northern France, on May 26, 2020. LUDOVIC MARIN / AFP France and Germany share more or less the same national low-carbon strategies. The former is aiming for greenhouse gas neutrality by 2050, the latter by 2045. With the industrial sector […]