Author: i2wtc
It was in the seventh grade that I first came across a book that would forever shape the way I view my beloved country, Pakistan. “Pakistan beyond crisis point” One chapter in particular from this collection of edited works by Maleeha Lodhi became my favourite: Mohsin Hamid’s “Why Pakistan Will Survive?”. As a teenager, I found solace in its optimistic prose, its words that sparkled with hope. But why re-read a book published so many years ago in 2024? The past few years have undoubtedly been tough for Pakistan. Recent political and economic challenges have dampened the spirits of the…
Vote counting is still underway in India’s 2024 Lok Sabha election. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party and its National Democratic Alliance has yet to secure the 272 seats needed for a parliamentary majority, but the prime minister has declared “a very big win.” Here’s what to know:What are the results saying?: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to retain power, but early vote counts suggests it won’t be the landslide he hoped for.Who is running?: The main opposition to Modi’s BJP party is the Congress party, which has already won over two dozen constituencies.What’s at stake?: For decades,…
ASTRO’s Playroom It was just a sign of things to come. Astro Botis the first full-fledged game to feature PlayStation’s cute little robot mascot, and while the first title was intended as a tech demo for the PS5’s capabilities, the new game will center around a storyline featuring the little robot. A lot of previous elements will be coming back. playroomSome aspects won’t return in the next installment, such as the emphasis on showing off the system’s capabilities, but there’s one element that won’t return in the next installment, and it may anger Sony. Sony misses out on monetization with…
refresh 2024-06-04T15:22:14.294Z (Image courtesy of OpenAI)Uh oh…Just when it seemed like ChatGPT’s health was starting to improve, the dreaded red “major outage” alert returned to OpenAI’s status page.All OpenAI is saying right now is that they are “currently investigating this issue.” Hopefully it won’t take as long as the 5 hours it took to fix it last time. I’ve reached out to OpenAI for comment and will let you know if I hear back, but I think I might be getting a bit sidetracked at this point… 2024-06-04T13:22:08.069Z (Image courtesy of OpenAI)Phew, ChatGPT is backYep, that’s it! OpenAI’s status page…
San Diego Padres infielder Tucupita Marcano Banned for life for violating Major League Baseball gambling rulesMarcano, who was on the disabled list at the time, had bet more than $150,000 on baseball games, including his own team and the Pirates. Four other players also received one-year suspensions for betting on baseball, but not on their own teams.It’s been a turbulent season for MLB when it comes to illegal or inappropriate gambling. The regular season began with controversy: Shohei Ohtani’s longtime interpreter, Ippei Mizuhara, was fired by the Dodgers on suspicion of illegal gambling. It is worth noting that Mizuhara has…
BEIJING (AP) — Checkpoints and police vehicles were set up at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on Tuesday. China Hong Kong police have tried to silence the 35th anniversary of a bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protests, swarming small groups of people trying to hold protests and memorials as the movement spread beyond mainland China.China has long erased from public memory the military’s crackdown on months of protests in the heart of the capital, when an estimated 180,000 troops and police arrived in tanks and armored vehicles and opened fire on crowds trying to stop them advancing on student-led demonstrations in the square.Hundreds,…
Elijah Hogan struggled with homelessness and considered dropping out of high school, and for the past two years he’s been living in a New Orleans juvenile shelter.But rather than quitting school, Hogan put more effort into his studies. In fact, Hogan graduated as valedictorian of his class at Walter L. Cohen High School.”Be proud of how far you’ve come,” he said in his valedictory speech May 24. “Believe how far you can go.”Hogan said he’s taken those words to heart over the past few years.”I had to finish my education,” he told The Washington Post in an interview, explaining that…
Photo by Larry Robinson/Daily Sentinel A group of friends smile and laugh as they enjoy drinks during the weekly Wednesday night trivia night at Rumblevine Brewing Company on April 17, 2024. Larry Robinson/Daily Sentinel▲ A USA TODAY Homefront survey of the top five best places to live in Colorado named Grand Junction as the best place.Homefront’s research team ranked 22 Colorado cities on 16 different quality of life indicators, with Grand Junction, Littleton and Loveland coming in as the top three. All three cities received high scores in areas such as affordable housing and low crime rates. Restaurants and entertainment…
WORTHINGTON — After running Crafty Corner Quilt & Sewing Shop for 40 years, owners Ken and Zuby Jansen have officially retired and handed the business they started over to Jordan and Kelly Blake.Zuby said Crafty Corner began in 1984, after her and Ken’s two daughters left home.”My two oldest daughters were in college and I was looking for something else to do,” she says. “I had one little son who loved going to the Worthington Sports Center (a business started by Ken) with his dad, so I wanted to do something too, and we opened a consignment store in a…
2024 Lok Sabha Elections: Vote counting beginsNew Delhi: With the NDA’s approval rating hovering around 300, a third term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi seems certain, but it will be a victory for a resurgent opposition party that far outperformed the modest projections given by exit polls. Here are the top 10 takeaways from this big news story.The BJP, which had set a target of 370 seats and the NDA’s target of over 400, seems to be lagging far behind, disappointed by Uttar Pradesh, which has as many as 80 members in the Lok Sabha. As of 8 pm, the…