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Gambian president Yahya Jammeh has so far been unmoved by calls from fellow African leaders, the United Nations, and others to acknowledge his electoral defeat of earlier this month. The latest petition, by the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), may get the attention of the longtime leader who often portrays himself as a devout Muslim. […]

US customers, sleep easy: Your 800-word Yelp rage is now protected by law. As of this week, the business practice of hiding “non-disparagement” clauses in terms and services is illegal. President Obama signed the Consumer Review Fairness Act of 2016, outlawing contracts with these clauses, on Dec. 14. According to the new law, a contract […]

Netflix has worked with some of the biggest names in Hollywood—from film stars Brad Pitt, Will Smith, Kevin Spacey, and Emma Stone to comedians Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, and Dave Chapelle. The list goes on and on. Now, in a bid to corner the streaming-video market in India, the Los Gatos, California-based company has inked […]

Familiar to many Americans for its nationwide billboards, print ads, and long-running television commercials, DeVry University—one of the biggest names in for-profit US education—will now forever be linked to deceptive marketing. On Thursday (Dec. 15), the US Federal Trade Commission announced a $100 million settlement with the school and its parent company over a lawsuit […]

Over the years, humans may be living longer lives but are we living healthier lives? Aging brings with it a multitude of illnesses: cardiovascular diseases, cancer, and neurodegenerative disorders like Alzheimer’s, among others. Millions of dollars have been invested in finding a fix for the degeneration that has traditionally been thought of as inevitable. Now, […]

Earlier this week, president-elect Donald Trump threatened to reset the relationship between the US and China, after receiving a congratulatory and controversial phone call from Taiwan president Tsai Ing-wen. “I fully understand the ‘one China’ policy, but I don’t know why we have to be bound by a ‘one China’ policy unless we make a […]Read More

The Narendra Modi government’s move to demonetise an overwhelming bulk of Indian currency notes in circulation has squeezed the country’s banking system to the limit. At a time when Indians are struggling to get their hands on legitimate cash, banks have come under acute pressure, both from desperate customers and government agencies. From the long […]

Less than six months after the summer release of Suicide Squad, director David Ayers is reuniting with star Margot Robbie for a spin-off, an all-female-villainess DC Comics blockbuster called Gotham City Sirens. The plot of the upcoming Warner Bros and DC Comics production is based on the 2009 DC comic series of the same name. […]

At the clinic of a popular veterinarian in New Delhi, all eyes were on Sunny, a Siberian husky. It was a warm day, but despite his obvious discomfort, Sunny did not mind the attention, human or canine. “It is rare for a foreign dog to feel comfortable in a large, hot city like Delhi,” said […]

Baba Ramdev’s Patanjali Ayurved is in a spot of bother. Despite the roaring success of the past few years, the high-flying ayurvedic and herbal products brand has fallen foul of many of the country’s regulatory agencies. On Dec. 15, a court in Uttarakhand slapped Patanjali Ayurved with a fine of Rs11 lakh for “misbranding and […]Read More

For over 14 months, large depositors at Imperial Bank, a fallen mid-sized Kenyan lender have done all they could to get back their money to no avail. Each passing day, the intensity of their frustrations heightens as the possibility of never fully recovering their money stares them in the face. At the heart of their […]

China’s increasingly rough-handed and assertive foreign policy towards its neighbors is raising India’s diplomatic and economic clout in the region. In recent weeks, Mongolia and Vietnam have provided striking examples of India’s new assertiveness. Mongolia, China’s northern neighbor, a predominantly Buddhist country that follows the Tibetan form of the doctrine has once more received the […]Read More