Congolese and Rwandan leaders called for a ceasefire after holding direct talks in Qatar.The eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has been in a state of conflict since the late 1990s. The Rwandan-backed armed group M23 has been making gains this year after taking control of major cities in the east. The rebels were due to meet with DRC government officials in Angola on Tuesday. But M23 rebels withdrew – blaming new European Union sanctions for their decision. On Wednesday, DRC’s President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame held talks in Doha. The leaders called for an immediate…
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The Detroit Pistons continued their incredible turn-around season on Wednesday night with a game-winning three against the Miami Heat from franchise cornerstone Cade Cunningham. After winning just 14 games last season, the Pistons win moved them to 39-31 and 5.5 games ahead of the Atlanta Hawks for the No. 6 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. Which brings us to today’s quiz. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that Cunningham’s best individual season has coincided with Piston’s best season since he was drafted. With that being said, how many members from the NBA First-Team All-Rookie Teams since the 2014-15 season…
In both cases, people miss that nonstandard speech is not, in any scientific sense, substandard. These forms of speech are not broken. In fact, there is order, subtlety, and even majesty in these ways of talking.When colonizing Australia, the English encountered Indigenous people speaking many languages. A makeshift pidgin emerged for use between them and the white people, using English words mixed with some from the local languages, and just enough grammatical structure — a mere sprinkle — to allow basic communication. This was not a real, distinct language.But over time, Aboriginal groups started using it to communicate with one…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. For today’s entrepreneur, the world is your oyster — you can start a business from anywhere and sell to everywhere. Having this global perspective is slowly becoming a prerequisite for building a successful business.To that end, I encourage you to take inspiration from the world of startups. Startups have always been about thinking big. From day one, the goal is rarely to dominate a local market — it’s to disrupt industries, grow globally and create impact at scale.This ambition, however, means that offices in different countries, investors in various cities and partners…
Illustration of a nuclear fusion reactorScience Photo Library / Alamy Limitless power from nuclear fusion may be a step closer following the accidental discovery of a new process to supply the isotope lithium-6, which is vital to providing fuel for a sustainable fusion reactor. The least challenging fusion process involves combining two isotopes of hydrogen, deuterium and tritium, to yield helium, a neutron and a lot of energy. Tritium, a rare, radioactive isotope of hydrogen, is difficult and expensive to source. “Breeder” reactors seek to manufacture tritium by bombarding lithium with neutrons. Lithium atoms exist as two stable isotopes: lithium-7…
Americans are making too many solo dinner reservations.That was one takeaway from the annual World Happiness Report, which was released on Thursday and showed that the United States had dipped to its lowest slot in the country rankings — 24th — after being ranked as high as 11th in 2012, the first year of the report.Americans are increasingly miserable, the report says, and it explored a possible indicator: The number of Americans eating alone has risen exponentially this century.In 2023, according to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’s American Time Use Survey, about a quarter of Americans reported eating…
Elon Musk declared last month that the federal government was engaged in “utterly insane” activity, claiming without evidence that it had distributed $100 billion to people without Social Security numbers.Two days after Mr. Musk’s comments, one of his key lieutenants, Steve Davis, began pressing the Social Security Administration for information. Mr. Davis called the agency’s leaders to insist they give a young engineer from Mr. Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency access to databases that contained sensitive information about Americans.Mr. Davis’s demand was “unprecedented,” Tiffany Flick, a former Social Security official, said in a sworn statement this month for a…
This article is an on-site version of our FirstFT newsletter. Subscribers can sign up to our Asia, Europe/Africa or Americas edition to get the newsletter delivered every weekday morning. Explore all of our newsletters hereGood morning and happy Friday. On today’s agenda:Trump penalises Chinese groups over Iran tiesFoxconn closes in on EV production contractHow Jeff Bezos made peace with MagaEurope’s biggest military powers are drawing up plans to take on greater responsibilities for the continent’s defence from the US, including a pitch to the Trump administration for a managed transfer over the next five to 10 years.The discussions are an…
Credit: The White House via Wikimedia Commons As Maya Angelou famously stated, “When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.” That applies to career politician Chuck Schumer in spades. (Schumer has never held a job – he went directly from law school to the New York State Assembly.) No doubt that life path is at least partially responsible for Schumer’s latest barrage of vile contempt for the working man, combined with a healthy dose of the Americanized Marxist ideology that has held the left in thrall since 1933. There’s a trick investigators use that is also…
Olympic medalist and social media sensation Ilona Maher is stepping into the podcasting world alongside her sisters, Olivia and Adrianna, with their new show, “House of Maher.”The weekly series, produced by Wave Sports & Entertainment, is set to premiere on March 25, 2025, and will bring audiences an inside look at the Maher sisters’ dynamic lives, blending sports, pop culture, and hilarious sibling banter.The podcast will focus on Ilona Maher’s ever-evolving journey as a globe-trotting rugby star and internet personality, while also highlighting the unique bond she shares with her sisters.Article continues below advertisementIlona Maher’s New Podcast ‘House Of Maher’…