Will India Change Its Name to Bharat? Hindu Nationalism in Modi’s India
Month: September 2023
Economist Jayati Ghosh on G20, India, China & More
Top U.S. & World Headlines — September 12, 2023
One way to boost math scores? Help teachers conquer their math anxiety.
One way to boost math scores? Help teachers conquer their math anxiety. | View caption Hide caption “I am Wendi. Wendi is me,” said Ivory McCormick, a kindergarten teacher from Atlanta. Several educators in the classroom identified with Wendi, and that was the point. Decades of research shows that math anxiety is a common problem…
Blue lights seen in sky moments before deadly Morocco earthquake kills thousands
Mysterious blue lights were seen illuminating the sky moments before a devastating earthquake in Morocco killed 2,900 people. These bizarre bursts of light were filmed by a CCTV camera at a property in Agadir, appearing approximately three minutes before the disaster. A single blue flash appears in the upper left corner of the frame in…
Kamala Harris pushes back against GOP attacks on her ability to serve as president
Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday pushed back against GOP attacks on both her ability to serve as commander in chief if needed and President Joe Biden’s age in the early race for the White House. Republican presidential candidates — including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and former New Jersey…
Dog lost at Atlanta airport 3 weeks ago is found safe in cargo facility
A pet dog that got lost at Atlanta’s airport — considered the busiest in the world — has been found safe three weeks later. Maia, a 6-year-old pup, got lost after flying Delta Airlines from the Dominican Republic to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport on Aug. 18 with her owner, Paula Rodriguez, according to the airline…
Rescue begins for American trapped 3,000 feet inside Turkish cave
Rescuers have begun to free an American scientist who became stranded deep inside a cave in Turkey after he fell ill. A team reached Mark Dickey, 40, and started to transport him on a stretcher out of the cave just before 3:30 p.m. local time, the Turkish Caving Federation said Saturday in a post on the…
Is the Disney-Charter dispute the beginning of the end of cable TV?
Disney and Charter Communications, one of the country’s biggest cable TV providers, are locked in an intense battle over carriage fees, a fight that CNN reported “could lead to the dismantling — or revolution — of the cable television bundle.” The conflict reached a critical point over Labor Day weekend “at the most inopportune time…
10 things you need to know today: September 4, 2023
1 Erdogan and Putin meet in effort to rejuvenate Ukraine grain deal Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin met Monday to discuss Russia’s potential re-entry into the Black Sea grain deal. The agreement, which allows grain from Ukraine to be shipped to food-scarce countries around the world, was upended this past July…