Argentine President Milei warns economic shock unavoidable in maiden speech
Buenos Aires, ArgentinaReuters Argentina libertarian economist Javier Milei took office on Sunday warning in his maiden speech that he had no alternative to a sharp, painful fiscal shock to fix the country’s worst economic crisis in decades, with inflation heading towards 200 per cent. “There is no alternative to a shock adjustment,” he said on […]
Snapshot: Fireworks over the Washington Monument, Washington DC, on Inauguration Day
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This Life: Amanda Gorman, my grandma and the Black tears we cried
US writer and student DANTÉ STEWART, in an article first published on Religion News Service, reflects on how his grandmother saw this week’s US presidential inauguration…
Essay: Addressed to an incoming US President, the homily given on Inauguration Day
Rev KEVIN O’BRIEN, a Jesuit priest and president of Santa Clara University, in a homily given at the Cathedral of St Matthew the Apostle with then President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris in attendance, talks about the “noble commission” of the new president…