After three games in charge of Liverpool, Arne Slot has enjoyed as close to a perfect start as possible. The Dutchman’s team head into the international break with nine points and zero goals conceded, further boosted by a jaunt of a victory over their arch-rivals, Manchester United. Slot is yet to use a player who … Read more
Creative isolation has long been a sanctuary for artists, writers, and thinkers — a time and space where they could retreat from the demands of society to cleanse their minds and rejuvenate their creative processes. Historically, creative isolation was a deliberate choice, often romanticized as a path to enlightenment and artistic breakthrough. From Thoreau’s solitude … Read more
In 2010, China temporarily suspended exports of rare earths to Japan. | Image: Shutterstock 7 min read Last Updated : Sep 02 2024 | 11:12 PM IST By Jenny Leonard, Mackenzie Hawkins and Takashi Mochizuki China has threatened severe economic retaliation against Japan if Tokyo further restricts sales and servicing of chipmaking equipment to … Read more
Two frontrunners to be Conservative party leader have criticised their rivals’ promises to leave the European court of human rights (ECHR) as the contest turns combative with days to go until the first MP is eliminated. Kemi Badenoch, the former business secretary, and James Cleverly, the former home secretary, both rejected the idea of leaving … Read more
Masterful Root best in business The rankings are yet to update at the time of writing but after two masterful centuries at Lord’s – his third and fourth this year – Joe Root’s lead at the top will only have increased. Right now, utterly glowing with form, he is the best in the business. Although … Read more
You have to take your pleasures where you find them in this new age of miserabilism. Anyone found to be enjoying themselves too much might accidentally cause a run on the pound. Smile and Lucy Powell will have to call in the International Monetary Fund. Such pronouncements are apparently now to be taken seriously. We … Read more
New Delhi: Exhorting the BJP karyakartas to “challenge the challenges”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday gave tips to the party cadre on how to enroll members during the “Sangathan Parva Sadasyata Abhiyan 2024”, kickstarted by the party on Monday. Mr Modi became the first BJP member to renew his membership and was enrolled as … Read more
Single-word school ratings awarded by Ofsted in England are to be immediately scrapped, the government has announced. They will be replaced by report cards aimed at improving standards and helping parents better understand schools’ strengths and weaknesses. The four headline ratings – outstanding, good, requires improvement and inadequate – will disappear as part of the … Read more
Hyderabad: Justice T. Madhavi Devi of the Telangana High Court directed the principal secretary of home to be present in court if he failed to implement the December 2023 order of the court. The judge granted four weeks to the officer in a contempt case filed by Ch. Satish. The petitioner was selected in a … Read more
Members of Brazil’s supreme court have unanimously voted to uphold the ban on X, after Elon Musk’s refusal to comply with local laws saw the social network blocked in one of its biggest markets. On Monday, five of the court’s justices were asked to consider Friday’s decision to temporary banish X from Brazil, where the … Read more