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University of Florida scientists have managed to grow plants in lunar soil for the first time ever, setting the stage for astronauts to potentially grow their own food on the
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Syed Shabbar Zaidi writes in The Business Recorder: Pakistan is one of the 52 countries facing a severe debt crisis. The most critical problem faced by its economy is repayment
Continue readingLiving Beyond Means Syndrome: Responsibility Lies With the Civil Society
Sri Lanka’s ruling family in fight for survival as crisis worsens: His beloved villa has been daubed in graffiti by protesters, and a museum dedicated to his father ransacked. Now
Continue readingRam Manikkalingam on the situation in Sri Lanka
Yousuf Nazar @YousufNazar on Twitter discusses his 5 point economic plan:#1. Increase gasoline prices, remove tax exemptions/subsidies (for Rs800 billion) for the corporate sector immediately and get $10bn from the
Matthew Wong was a brilliant Canadian painter who died by suicide at the age of thirty-five, just before the start of the pandemic. Largely self-taught, he “spent no more than
Some images of abandoned & deserted places, etc. from all over the world:
By Tomas Pueyo in Unchartered Territories: Europe is geographically much closer to Africa than America. Northern Africa has been part of the Eurasian culture since Alexander the Great conquered Egypt,
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Khan’s government in November 2021 had allowed overseas Pakistanis (including dual nationals) to cast their ballot: The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N)-led ruling alliance is all set to undo the provision
Continue readingDual-national overseas Pakistanis can’t vote anymore
Santiago Zabala and Claudio Gallo at Aljazeera: In a recent article – Putin’s philosophers: Who inspired him to invade Ukraine? – we outlined the theoretical stances of three thinkers who likely helped
Maleeha Lodhi in Dawn: Polarization today characterizes the country. There are few if any precedents of this even though divisive politics is not new. This polarization has divided people, society
Continue readingThe danger Pakistan faces today is of democratic backsliding
by David J. Lobina: What I really mean, of course, is what The Language of Thought (LoT, postea) is like; after all, in previous entries of this series on the
Continue readingWhat’s The Language of Thought, That A Person May Grasp It?
By Joe Ferullo in The Hill: In a memo issued on his first official day as the head of CNN, Chris Licht told his staff “too many people have lost
Continue readingDoes America Really Want Real News on Cable?