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Small is beautiful: US Open – the stage where the smaller sportswear...
Brands like Nike, Adidas and Asics provide the outfits for most of the top 100, with their recognizable logos splashed across the shirts and skirts of...
Plastics: All around us and inside us
22 Aug 2025 8:38 AM ISTPlastic is part of countless everyday objects. Take a toothbrush: the bristles are usually nylon, while the handle is often made from lightweight...
Editorial: The death of due process
22 Aug 2025 7:00 AM ISTIf enacted, the legislations mandate the automatic removal of elected chief ministers and ministers if they spend 30 consecutive days in judicial...
Why does Xi keep purging loyalists? Look to Stalin and Mao for the...
22 Aug 2025 6:00 AM ISTThe country still doesn’t know why former President Hu Jintao was abruptly escorted out of the 2022 Communist Party congress, or what really happened...
Editorial: Bangladesh’s tryst with democracy
21 Aug 2025 6:50 AM ISTEnsuring electoral integrity is both a possibility and a challenge in a period marked by political and administrative transition and hopes of overall...
How bad science is becoming big business
21 Aug 2025 6:40 AM ISTThese organisations disguise themselves behind respectable sounding labels such as “editing services” or “academic consultants”. In reality, their...
Breaking the cycle: Don’t be a loser, Gen X baby; pass the baton
21 Aug 2025 6:30 AM ISTWe need to break the cycle of punishing younger generations for our own disappointments; it’s fine to make room for the next generation
Wildly chaotic: For Trump, flashy summits first; grunt work next
21 Aug 2025 6:10 AM ISTIroning out the details typically happens between staffers and diplomats before leaders step in to finalise the agreement. But Trump, ever one to toss...