Trump’s frantic peacebrokering week hints at what he really wants

BBC “There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” So supposedly said the Russian revolutionary leader Vladimir Ilyich Lenin. The diplomatic whirlwind that has surrounded US President Donald Trump this week suggests the old Bolshevik might have been onto something. For the protectionist president, who promises always to put America…

IIMK LIVE, Kudumbashree Mission launch ‘SmartShree’ to empower women-led micro enterprises 

Snehil Kumar Singh, District Collector of Kozhikode inaugurates SmartShree initiative The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode’s business incubator, Laboratory for Innovation Venturing and Entrepreneurship (IIMK LIVE), in collaboration with the Kudumbashree Mission has launched SmartShree, an initiative aimed at supporting and scaling 150 micro-enterprise units led by Kudumbashree women entrepreneurs through structured capacity building, intensive…

We catch up with the top five favourites

Mark Savage Music Correspondent Sarah Louise Bennett / Alma Bengtsson / Getty Images Bookmakers have tipped them for success (L-R): Erika Vikman, Kaj, Louane, JJ and Claude The Eurovision Song Contest reaches its grand final on Saturday night in Basel, with 26 countries fighting for the coveted glass microphone trophy. The competition feels less predictable…

Moody’s strips US of top credit rating amid soaring debt crisis

Moody’s forecasts the federal deficit will rise to nearly 9% of GDP by 2035, fuelled by rising interest payments, entitlement spending, and insufficient revenue. | Photo Credit: iStockphoto Moody’s Ratings stripped the U.S. government of its top credit rating Friday, citing successive governments’ failure to stop a rising tide of debt. Moody’s lowered the rating…

The US announces first ‘terrorism’ charges for supporting a Mexican cartel | Crime News

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has accused a Mexican woman of furnishing a cartel with grenades and other weapons. The United States has revealed the first federal charges against a foreign national for providing material support to one of the criminal groups that President Donald Trump has designated a “foreign terrorist organisation”. On Friday, the Immigration…