There’s a mix of stories on Tuesday’s front pages. The Daily Telegraph says it has seen previously redacted plans for China’s mega embassy in London that show a “hidden chamber” to be built alongside a network of critical internet cables. The paper reports the underground complex could be a “security risk” as the prime minister…
President Trump’s fixation on Venezuela’s oil raises the question of how much “energy dominance” is really worth nowadays. Source link
The request by a group of Congress members cites reporting by The Times and echoes a similar request by Democratic senators in September. Source link
You step inside, pull the door closed, and stand still for a moment. The room smells clean in that artificial way. Everything looks fine at first glance. The bed is made. The lights work. But then your eye catches small things. A chip on the desk. A mark on the wall. A minibar that does…
G Venket Ram Vijay’s new film will open to nearly 5,000 cinemas across India and overseas in January India’s southern state of Tamil Nadu has a long, peculiar political tradition: here, cinema doesn’t merely entertain, it also governs. From extremely successful political stints of MG Ramachandran – popularly known as MGR – and Jayalalithaa to…
If President Trump succeeds in gaining control of the Federal Reserve, it could have ripple effects beyond U.S. borders. Source link
The president appears skeptical about Americans’ concerns. How will voters respond? Source link
ABC Randa Abdel-Fattah says a decision to exclude her from the Adelaide Festival was a ‘shameless act of anti-Palestinian racism’. One of Australia’s biggest cultural festivals has been left in disarray after a decision to disinvite a prominent Australian-Palestinian writer, triggering a massive backlash and mass exodus from fellow authors. The board of the Adelaide…
The Federal Reserve is likely to hold interest rates steady when it meets at the end of the month, keeping tensions high with President Trump. Source link
As a Japanese saying goes, “A tidy space invites a quiet mind.” Japan is one of the cleanest nations in the world. And cleanliness begins at home. Every house you visit in Japan works on a 10-minutes reset program. It means a clean home in this country is not the result of weekend clean-ups or…