What keeps London alive is simply the lack of credible alternatives for highly ambitious Europeans / non-US citizens.
- Paris, Madrid and Milan are simply worse value propositions
- The US immigration route is effectively closed (lottery system, >$100k H-1B)
- Singapore/HK are just too far from family/friends and boring
- Dubai used to be the alternative, but recent events reshuffled that
Inside NCPI Merger: Why TMC Rebels Side-Stepped The Eknath Shinde Playbook | This is a new template and will become very popular in coming days. Completely and neatly sidesteps anti defection law. Realpolitik! https://t.co/R2KzJS48mY
Oman's quiet diplomacy did not fare well in the time of Trump's era of oversharing and fast-fire posting
Oman made it clear it would have never agreed to any mechanism that would not be consensual with the GCC, the IMO, international law and international partners
Oman tried to alter Iranian discourse around a toll system into a mechanisms more mutually acceptable by everyone
At no point did Oman want to be part of a toll system that would undermine its own strategic heritage build around freedom of navigation
"The Pakistanis were well briefed and the face of the process, thanks to the field marshal's relationship with Trump, but the Qataris quietly did most of the heavy lifting to bridge the two sides." https://t.co/yzERTYDp5y
Six MPs of UBT in touch with Eknath Shinde’s Shiv Sena. Sources in SS claim Uddhav camp will be left with only 2 MPs. NDA has what is required to have 2/3rd majority in parl.
New Delhi has worked with every Myanmar government. Why should junta be different?
Article by Ms Rami Niranjan Desai @ramindesai , Distinguished Fellow at India Foundation for @ThePrintIndia
https://t.co/VOp3umlD4j
Kuwait continues to strip people of citizenship
Among the affected:
One of its most famous actors: Daoud Hussein
One of its most famous singers: Nawal al-Kuwaitia
And now, according to @alaraby_ar, one of its most famous novelists: Taleb Al-Rifai
The Gulf lobby is undefeated when standing together
"Qatar’s emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, United Arab Emirates’ President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Pakistan’s powerful military chief all put in calls to the US leader to urge him against more attacks"
https://t.co/k08vYqyauL
This was something my parents instilled in me at a young age. I grew up in the vibrant city of Chennai, India. It was a comfortable life for the most part, but in those early years, we had some challenges. We worried about severe drought and whether the water truck would arrive in time, and for us, technology came slowly. We had to wait years to get a telephone, a TV, a refrigerator. Each changed our lives in meaningful ways. My parents never let the constraints limit my imagination of what was possible. It's the reason I even let myself dream I could one day work in a faraway place called Silicon Valley.
When the call from Stanford came, my father spent the equivalent of a year's salary to buy my ticket - @sundarpichai
“தமிழன் எங்கு சென்றாலும், எவ்வளவு உயர்ந்த நிலையடைந்தாலும், பணமும் புகழும் அவனது மண்ணின் மணத்தை மாற்றாது என்பதற்கு திரு. சுந்தர் பிச்சை ஒரு சிறந்த உதாரணம்.”
For decades, the story of Mao's rise was wrapped in myth. Historian Frank Dikötter argues the reality was far darker: a marginal movement, Soviet backing, civil war, and a regime built on political paranoia.
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