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Trump’s trade threats put the world on a precipice and may say a lot about his second term

CNN

CNN — Global chaos delivered via social media is back. Otherwise, we’re all going to see price increases.” The issue of whether Trump is bluffing or is planning to go all in with a revolutionary presidency is not confined to trade. Trump’s trade war rhetoric is a reminder that in his worldview, the United States has few friends — only …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

On the precipice of turning 40, I sometimes wonder: Where can one find paradise?

LA Times

In our household, beauty wore different names. Beauty was also coyly positioned, always in view of my and my brother’s drifting curiosities, like the framed print of “Jammin’ at the Savoy” by Romare Bearden that she hung just outside the kitchen’s entrance that I loved so much, that I sometimes wanted to live inside of, debonair and irreducibly cool like …

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2 months ago

‘We do not get to sit this one out’: Oprah delivers powerful election eve speech

Raw Story

Oprah Winfrey took the stage Monday night and roused supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania, where she warned that the country is on the “precipice of danger," and shared what's at stake in Tuesday’s election. If we don’t show up tomorrow it is entirely possible that we will not have the opportunity to …

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3 months, 1 week ago

Novelist Robert Harris tells Henley Literary Festival that 20th-century politicians in love had it easier

The Independent

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Novelist Robert Harris said 20th-century politicians in love and wanting to …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Seven Premiership clubs deemed balance sheet insolvent as rugby ‘heading for financial precipice’

The Independent

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Robert Harris’s Precipice, review: it’s an injustice this great novelist hasn’t won more literary prizes

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. It is based upon the true episode of 60-year-old …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

With the PTI ban announcement, Pakistan now stands on the brink of a precipice

Hindustan Times

On July 15, Pakistan’s information minister Attaullah Tarar announced the federal government’s plan to ban the country’s main opposition party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, whose founder, the cricketer-turned-politician, Imran Khan remains incarcerated in Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi. The information minister’s rationale for the ban was the PTI’s involvement in the foreign funding case, the May 9 riots, the cypher episode, and the resolution …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Mavericks’ Luka Dončić stands on precipice of greatness that always seemed inevitable

New York Times

The Athletic has live coverage of Celtics vs. Mavericks in Game 5 of the NBA Finals MINNEAPOLIS — As Luka Dončić sat down in the tiny postgame news conference room, the smallest one he’ll be in until his season ends, he placed a trophy on the table in front of him. On Thursday, in Game 5’s 124-103 victory against the …

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7 months, 1 week ago

Iran’s new leaders stand at a nuclear precipice

Hindustan Times

ON MAY 6TH Rafael Grossi, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, travelled to Tehran and met Hossein Amirabdollahian, Iran’s foreign minister. Mr Grossi, fresh from his trip to Iran, recently spoke to The Economist about the Iranian nuclear file, as well as the other items on his forbidding to-do list, from the Russian-occupied Zaporizhia nuclear-power plant in Ukraine …

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1 year ago

Myanmar stands on humanitarian 'precipice,' U.N. warns

The Hindu

One-third of the population of Myanmar, or more than 18 million people, now require humanitarian aid, the United Nations warned Monday, seeking a billion dollars in donations next year to combat the need. "Myanmar stands at the precipice in 2024 with a deepening humanitarian crisis that has spiraled since the military takeover in February 2021 with the civilian population that …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Lessons from past failures evident in Nuggets run to precipice of NBA Finals

New York Times

Nikola Jokić stood in a cramped visiting locker room in Minnesota five years ago — April 11, 2018, to be exact — and tried to keep tears from leaking out of his puffy, red eyes. As the Nuggets on Thursday night pulled to within two wins of the franchise’s first-ever trip to the NBA Finals by virtue of a 108-103 …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Review: In ‘Dead Ringers,’ the miracle of life balances on the precipice of death

LA Times

Warning to adult twins and expectant mothers: Proceed with caution through this review. and Prime Video’s new miniseries “Dead Ringers.” Sibling co-dependency and onscreen birthing are taken to graphic, new levels in this superbly nefarious drama about the unhealthy bond between identical twin gynecologists and their daring quest to “change the way women birth, forever.” The six-part psychological thriller flips …

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1 year, 8 months ago

'A Defeat Could Put Us near Precipice': Congress Bid for Show of Unity to Beat AAP in Jalandhar Bypoll

News 18

Sensing the criticality of retaining the Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat, the Punjab Congress is trying to show off a united facade with several factions now pitching in for the party candidate contesting the May 10 bypoll to the reserved constituency. As part of the efforts to put up a united front, former Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee chief Navjot Singh Sidhu …

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2 years ago

At the precipice of shame: The Hindu Editorial on The Gambia and Uzbekistan cough syrup deaths

The Hindu

December 2021 and December 2022 could not have been more contrasting for India’s pharmaceutical industry. This year, two Indian drug-manufacturing firms stand accused by two countries of producing toxic cough syrup linked to the deaths of children — at least 66 in The Gambia and 18 in Uzbekistan. While the export licence of the Haryana-based Maiden Pharmaceuticals Ltd., which supplied …

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2 years ago

'We are at a precipice as a nation': Cornel West and Christina Greer on Jan. 6 insurrection and more

Raw Story

We speak with Fordham University political science professor Christina Greer and theologian Cornel West about the January 6 committee’s recommendation that former President Donald Trump and his allies be criminally charged for their role in the insurrection and attempts to overturn the 2020 election. To talk more about the House Judiciary January 6th committee, we are joined by two guests: …

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2 years, 1 month ago

In India, warnings that independent news media are teetering on a precipice

LA Times

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation last August in New Delhi. Every good thing about this profession is being destroyed.” Some Indian observers say that the impending hostile takeover by Gautam Adani, the third richest man in the world, of what in 1998 became India’s first 24-hour news channel could signal the death knell of independent voices in …

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2 years, 2 months ago

Imran Khan’s assassination bid pushes Pakistan on the edge of a precipice: Will it descend into chaos?

Firstpost

The next few days are precarious for Pakistan, but the delay in renewing the Long March could be an indication, though small and tenuous, that some pulling back from the precipice is underway On 7 November, Pakistan’s respected and sober newspaper Dawn began its editorial — evocatively entitled “Democrats, dictators & demagogues” — thus: “The system is imploding, spectacularly — …

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2 years, 5 months ago

US-China relations on a precipice after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan

Firstpost

Wary of the reaction from China, the Biden administration discouraged but did not prevent Pelosi from visiting Taiwan. It has taken pains to stress to Beijing that the House speaker is not a member of the executive branch and her visit represents no change in the US ‘one-China’ policy Washington: US-China relations are teetering on a precipice after House Speaker …

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2 years, 5 months ago

US-China ties on a precipice after Pelosi visit to Taiwan

Associated Press

WASHINGTON — U.S.-China relations are teetering on a precipice after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan. The White House also said that Pelosi’s visit “doesn’t change anything” about the U.S. posture toward China and Taiwan. Cabestan said that showed that “something had to be done on the U.S. side to draw red lines to prevent the Chinese from going …

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2 years, 5 months ago

U.S.-China ties on a precipice after Pelosi visit to Taiwan

The Hindu

U.S.-China relations are teetering on a precipice after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan. “What Ms. Pelosi has done is definitely not a defense and maintenance of democracy, but a provocation and violation of China's sovereignty and territorial integrity,” Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said after her departure. The White House also said that Ms. Pelosi's visit “doesn't change …

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2 years, 6 months ago

With Roe on the precipice, Americans are having more abortions

NPR

With Roe on the precipice, Americans are having more abortions Enlarge this image toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Scott Olson/Getty Images The number of patients seeking abortions in the U.S. rose in 2020, reversing some 30 years of decline in the number of abortions. The number of abortions recorded by Guttmacher's Abortion Provider Census rose to 930,160 in 2020, an …

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2 years, 7 months ago

Australia on the 'precipice' of a UK-style energy crisis as soaring costs push retailers out

ABC

Australia is on the "precipice" of a UK-style energy crisis that could send many of its power retailers broke and fuel a surge of households unable to pay their bills, a leading expert has warned. Key points: There are warnings Australia could slide into a UK-style energy crisis where retailers go broke and energy poverty soars New Zealand-based provider ReAmped …

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2 years, 9 months ago

Sri Lanka opposition threatens no-confidence motion, industry warns of 'precipice'

The Hindu

Sri Lanka’s Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa on Friday warned President Gotabaya Rajapaksa of a trust vote against his government if he continued to remain in power, defying citizens’ persistent demand for his immediate resignation. For weeks, Sri Lankans have been out on the streets every day, protesting the government’s “mishandling” of the economic crisis that has left them scrambling for …

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2 years, 10 months ago

Girls’ mental health ‘on a precipice’ as thousands in ‘deep distress’

The Independent

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Trump’s trade threats put the world on a precipice and may say a lot about his second term

On the precipice of turning 40, I sometimes wonder: Where can one find paradise?

‘We do not get to sit this one out’: Oprah delivers powerful election eve speech

Novelist Robert Harris tells Henley Literary Festival that 20th-century politicians in love had it easier

Seven Premiership clubs deemed balance sheet insolvent as rugby ‘heading for financial precipice’

Robert Harris’s Precipice, review: it’s an injustice this great novelist hasn’t won more literary prizes

With the PTI ban announcement, Pakistan now stands on the brink of a precipice

Mavericks’ Luka Dončić stands on precipice of greatness that always seemed inevitable

Iran’s new leaders stand at a nuclear precipice

Myanmar stands on humanitarian 'precipice,' U.N. warns

Lessons from past failures evident in Nuggets run to precipice of NBA Finals

Review: In ‘Dead Ringers,’ the miracle of life balances on the precipice of death

'A Defeat Could Put Us near Precipice': Congress Bid for Show of Unity to Beat AAP in Jalandhar Bypoll

At the precipice of shame: The Hindu Editorial on The Gambia and Uzbekistan cough syrup deaths

'We are at a precipice as a nation': Cornel West and Christina Greer on Jan. 6 insurrection and more

In India, warnings that independent news media are teetering on a precipice

Imran Khan’s assassination bid pushes Pakistan on the edge of a precipice: Will it descend into chaos?

US-China relations on a precipice after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan

US-China ties on a precipice after Pelosi visit to Taiwan

U.S.-China ties on a precipice after Pelosi visit to Taiwan

With Roe on the precipice, Americans are having more abortions

Australia on the 'precipice' of a UK-style energy crisis as soaring costs push retailers out

Sri Lanka opposition threatens no-confidence motion, industry warns of 'precipice'

Girls’ mental health ‘on a precipice’ as thousands in ‘deep distress’