Shaimaa Khalil Japan Correspondent BBC Japanese politics is a usually steady ship, verging on the boring most of the time. Not anymore. Last Sunday, a once obscure far-right party, Sanseito, surged from one to 15 seats in the elections, making them a serious contender in Japan’s political scene. With their “Japanese First” slogan, riffing off…
Leana Hosea & Saroj Pathirana Neckeda, Sri Lanka Aerial footage shows the X-Press Pearl breaking up and sinking Four years after a stricken cargo ship caused the largest plastic spill ever recorded, volunteers on Sri Lanka’s beaches are still sifting kilograms of tiny, toxic plastic pellets from the sand. Billions of plastic nurdles, as they…
With over 20 days and more than 60 experiments aboard the International Space Station (ISS), the Axiom-4 (Ax-4) crew, including Shubhanshu Shukla, which returned to Earth Tuesday, will enter a week-long rehabilitation programme.The crew, which has completed initial medical evaluations, will go through the extensive rehab programme, following which mission debriefs and other procedures will…
Jasprit Bumrah has looked like the shadow of a player he is, feels Michael Vaughan.© AFP India pacer Jasprit Bumrah has looked like the shadow of a player he is in the ongoing 4th Test against England in Manchester, feels former Three Lions captain Michael Vaughan. Bumrah, who has bowled 28 overs so…
Real world politics has been spilling into Bollywood over the past few months. With elections about to begin, Hindi cinema is also poll-bound /news/big-story/bollywood-hindi-film-elections-politics-government-fighter-article-370-111712922679732.html 111712922679732 story Nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come, except when everyone has the same idea. Over a five-week stretch starting 25 January, I saw the same…
Arvind Kejriwal has been allowed to carry three books with him to jail. He’s chosen the Bhagavad Gita, the Ramayan and Neerja Chowdhury’s How Prime Ministers Decide. Whether the Delhi chief minister wants to actually read these books or he wants to be seen as wanting to read these books is anyone’s guess. Kejriwal is…
Pakistan has sentenced to prison 108 members of jailed ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan’s party, for their involvement in protests against the military in 2023. Violent protests erupted nationwide in May 2023 after security forces arrested Khan during his court appearance on corruption charges. Authorities have already handed down dozens of sentences in the last two…
As the flex workspace market expands, cafés are making room for professionals looking for different experiences /news/talking-point/workplace-culture-co-working-space-remote-work-employee-engagement-111712473971322.html 111712473971322 story In the past couple of years, co-working spaces have become more popular among remote workers and freelancers as well as hybrid and full-time professionals, with many start-ups working from shared offices. In fact, a recent report…
