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The 2024 G-20 Summit is taking place in Rio de Janeiro on November 18 and 19 in the background of two continuing wars in Ukraine and West Asia and the intensification of eco-political crisis in Europe. Moreover, the victory of Donald Trump in the November 5 presidential elections in USA has led to uncertainty over the future programmes of NATO and the relationship between USA and Europe.

After the election of Donald Trump and the defeat of Kamala Harris, the owner of the Los Angeles Times is looking to balance opinion pieces in his newspaper. This, when the Washington Post and the New York Times, continue to go for Trump’s jugular, criticizing his every move, picking warts on his cabinet picks. Publications like the Los Angeles Times have seen the writing on the wall and are adapting. Wisdom does not come to everybody at the exact same time. At the end of the day, it is "business".

WASHINGTON DC: Will Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Republican president-elect Donald Trump’s pick to head the giant Health and Human Services Department, be—in the words of the warning on cigarette packages—a hazard to your health? Off both his past stands against vaccines, against fluoridation of water, against the Food and Drug Administration, and more, the answer to that may well be “yes.”

Bitcoin has been rising over the past few weeks and it is currently trading at above $90,000. With the $92,000 level breached, Bitcoin seems headed for the $100K mark. Bitcoin has surged 36.33% in 1 month, over 20% in 7-day and 3.45% in 24 hours. In a year-long period, BTC has surged a whopping 147%. For the critics of Bitcoin, it's a challenging moment. However, this is historic for those who see BTC as the currency of the future. BTC is within striking distance of the $100K mark. The good news is that even other coins and tokens have seen a strong price rally.

Sri Lankan President Anura Dissanayake has led his leftist coalition of 21 parties National People’s Power (NPP) to power in the island nation with a massive victory in the elections to Parliament held on Sunday, November 14. With most of the ballots counted by Friday morning, the NPP was far ahead bagging 141 seats out of the total of 225 giving it a comfortable majority. The NPP got 62 per cent of the votes and was leading in all but one of the 22 electoral districts.

It’s a contradiction in terms. You are creating a new department or agency to study and carry out paring of the size of the government. That’s what the US president-elect, Donald Trump, is up to. And who is to co-lead it, none other than Elon Musk, the braze entrepreneur and richest man in the world. The other cheer leader for downsizing government is Vivek Ramaswamy.

NEW YORK: Nearly a decade has passed since Bernie Sanders announced his first presidential run and ignited a democratic socialist electoral wave that has given us Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), the Squad, and democratic socialist officials at every level of government.

LONDON: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer could respond to a renewed Donald Trump presidency by confronting the far right in Britain and internationally. He could have used his meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss the common causes of the rise of Reform UK in Britain, National Rally in France and analogous movements across Europe.

LONDON: Confirming the trend in many countries in 2024, in Lithuania’s general election voters opted for change rather than more of the same. In the two-round contest that ended on October 27, the Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) won a landslide victory, capturing fifty-two out of 141 parliamentary seats, well up from their previous thirteen. This Monday, the LSDP announced a coalition pact allowing the party to lead a new administration. So what explains the shift, and how much change can we really expect?

As president elect Donald Trump is edging towards taking over powers in America on January 20 next year, the country is lurching towards becoming a typical case of a plutocracy.