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Mexico heads into Sunday’s election deeply divided: friends and relatives have stopped talking about politics for fear of deepening unbridgeable gaps; drug cartels have divided the country into a patchwork of competing fiefdoms; and amid extreme heat, drought, pollution and a wave of political violence, the atmosphere is literally heating up.It remains to be seen whether Mexico’s next president will be able to curb the underlying violence and polarization.Soledad Echagoyen, a doctor in Mexico City who supports President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Morena party, said she can no longer discuss politics with her colleagues.”To preserve our friendship, we decided six…
Last year saw the arrival of “strawberry girl summer,” with cheeks tinted pink and strawberry-hued lip gloss dominating feeds, but in 2024, “peach girl makeup” is all the rage. Photo: Instagram.com/haileybieber Sure, we’ve been seeing peach on the horizon ever since Pantone chose “Peach Fuzz” as their color of the year. But while we’re skeptical of their predictions, there’s something about peach we can all instantly approve of, especially as the warmer months get warmer. While this shade strays from beige territory, depending on the lighter end of the scale, it works beautifully as a neutral, only warmer and more…
This year’s scenario seems to have been set by the orchestrated media frenzy surrounding a fundraising dinner at Mar-a-Lago attended by Donald Trump and oil and gas executives. The dinner took place on April 11th. The Washington Post Since it broke just six days later, the story didn’t gain traction in other traditional media outlets until the second week of May, after which it became a talking point for some reason.That was perfect timing for Senators Ron Wyden of Oregon and Sheldon Whitehouse of Rhode Island, who on May 23 sent a letter on the stationery of the Senate Finance…
T20 World Cup 2024: File photo of Shahid Afridi©Twitter Pakistan’s cricket team for the 2024 T20 World Cup has been announced. Babar Azam’s team finished as runner-up in the 2022 T20 World Cup. The team then played a memorable match in the 2023 ODI World Cup. In that match, Babar Azam stepped down as captain and Shaheen Afridi took over. However, after a few matches, Babar Azam returned. In the 2024 T20 World Cup, Azam will field a team of players who combine youth and experience.However, former Pakistan cricket team captain Shahid Afridi is not happy with the…
(Graphic: Business Wire)Hanoi, Vietnam, May 30, 2024–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Global IT services provider FPT Software has been positioned as a leading contender in Everest Group’s SAP Business Application Services for Mid-sized Enterprises PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2024, making its first appearance in the report.The study evaluates 15 providers focused on SAP business application services for mid-sized enterprises. Featured providers are categorized into three tiers: Leaders, Top Contenders, and Promising Providers. These titles are assigned after an unbiased and thorough evaluation of factors such as market impact, name recognition and capabilities, client references, and ongoing SAP business application services market analysis.FPT Software’s SAP implementation…
Ad PlayerThe global provider of SaaS video advertising technology announced its Q1 2024 financial results, highlighting significant advancements in its programmatic advertising capabilities and major enhancements to its mobile SDK.According to the announcement, between January and March 2024, the AdPlayer.Pro team focused on implementing advanced programmatic capabilities into its flagship product. Specifically, the company introduced significant improvements to its Prebid Demand configuration and added a new programmatic auction variant called Performance-Based Waterfall to its video ad server platform.In this regard, Natalie Romankina, CEO of AdPlayer.Pro, highlighted the importance of providing partners with comprehensive tools to optimize their operations and increase…
Jerry Seinfeld has found himself the target of an unexpected political attack amid the Israel-Hamas conflict, but the actor and comedian finds it “pretty ridiculous” and “funny.”The “Seinfeld” star, who has faced criticism from pro-Palestinian protesters in recent weeks, spoke about the backlash in an interview on the “Honestly with Bari Weiss” podcast.Earlier this month, Seinfeld’s commencement speech at Duke University was interrupted by a wave of students walking out (some of whom were seen carrying Palestinian flags, linking their protest to Seinfeld’s support for Israel), and less than a week later, protesters disrupted his stand-up comedy show in Virginia.When…
HONG KONG (AP) — Fourteen pro-democracy activists were convicted Thursday in Hong Kong’s biggest national security case. Unofficial Primary Election It would weaken the government’s authority and create a constitutional crisis.Since protests in 2019 that brought demonstrators to the streets of Hong Kong, authorities have effectively silenced dissent in the city by reducing people’s electoral choices, cracking down on the media and convicting activists under Beijing’s national security law.Those convicted of conspiring to subvert the government include former councillors Leung Kwok Hung, Lam Cheuk Ting, Wong Lok Wai and Chan Jun, who could face life in prison if convicted. The…
British boxing may have been changed forever for the better when two leading promoters shook hands in London on the evening of Wednesday November 15th.Matchroom’s Eddie Hearn and Queensberry manager Frank Warren met for the first time in a tiny dressing room at Wembley Arena and exchanged greetings.The meeting was surprisingly cordial, considering Hearn and Warren have been trading verbal abuse for years, primarily via interviews on boxing-related YouTube channels.”After 12 or 13 years of not seeing or speaking to anyone, I never thought something like this would happen but honestly it’s one of the best things we’ve ever done,”…
As the outcome of the Indian Lok Sabha elections nears, global brokerage CLSA has identified 54 “Modi stocks”, mostly state-owned enterprises (PSUs), as “direct beneficiaries of the policies of the current government” led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. According to the brokerage, these stocks are rallying in anticipation of the BJP government returning to power following the results of the Lok Sabha elections on June 4, 2024. The list includes a large number of PSUs in capital expenditure and infrastructure-related sectors. Going forward, CLSA predicts that share prices of India’s state-owned enterprises (PSUs) may peak in June or July ahead…