Elastic Justice
For decades, the United States projected itself as the world’s foremost defender of rules-based governance.
For decades, the United States projected itself as the world’s foremost defender of rules-based governance.
A TV commercial for American Eagles brand jeans, featuring blue-eyed blonde actress Sydney Sweeney, caused a storm of controversies in the US. Many people complained that the tagline “Sydney Sweeney has great jeans” really implies that Sydney has great genes ("jeans" being homophonic with “genes”) – thus promoting white supremacy.
Sebastian Korda captured the third ATP Tour title of his career, producing a composed performance to defeat fellow American Tommy Paul 6-4, 6-3 in the final of the Delray Beach Open.
The American action in Venezuela constituted a breach of international law, asserts Sarah Heathcote.
In a sharp turn from the rhetoric of outright bans, Washington has brokered a deal allowing two of its leading semiconductor firms to resume sales of customised AI chips to China ~ on the condition that 15 per cent of the resulting revenue flows directly to the US government.
Emily Dickinson, the American lyrical poetess, passed away in 1886, about one and a half centuries ago. Her poems, however, continue to linger on, casting a profound influence on readers.
Unseeded American Danielle Collins captured the highest-level title of her career after toppling No.4 seed Elena Rybakina 7-5, 6-3 to win the WTA 1000 Miami Open.
This marks the first American soft landing on the lunar surface since the Apollo era in 1972.
The first Hindu in the US Congress left the Democratic Party in 2022, calling it an "elitist cabal of warmongers" and accusing its leadership of "cowardly wokeness".
Asurge in Chinese electric vehicles (EVs) is sending ripples of uncertainty through Western markets. Memories of the “China shock” in the late 1990s, which saw a million American manufacturing jobs lost to Chinese competition, still linger, fuelling fears of another disruptive economic earthquake.
