Colombo, Sri Lanka – Abdul Rahuman Seyyadu Sulaiman, 56, wanted to be heard. As Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake left the polling station at the Abeysingharama Temple in Maradana, Colombo, on Thursday, Sulaiman called out to him, urging him to stop and listen to his grievances. The police quickly accosted Sulaiman and asked him to leave the venue. “I want [Dissanayake] to listen to the woes of my people,” Sulaiman said later. “When the former government cremated a baby during the COVID-19 pandemic, I protested it. I spoke on behalf of my religion. Justice was not served to the Muslim…
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Williams tore his ACL last December, tanking his free agency stock with his availability to start the 2024 season in question. He managed to pass a physical and sign with the Seahawks eight months later and started all nine of the team’s games at center this season.Macdonald cited “personal reasons” as the explanation for Williams’ retirement and said that his knee injury in 2023 was not a factor in the decision, according to Condotta. The first-year head coach doesn’t believe that Williams will change his mind and return to the Seahawks this year. Williams finishes his career with 86 starts and…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The countdown to 2025 has started—are you prepared to leverage the most powerful AI trends of the year?The AI trends that are set to reshape your business in 2025 are here—and most entrepreneurs aren’t even aware of them yet. From AI agents automating workflows to the evolution of search engines, these changes will redefine how you market, create content, and interact with your customers.In this video, I’ll reveal the game-changing AI trends that will alter the landscape of business. Don’t get caught off guard—watch to discover how to stay ahead of the…
A methane plume at least 4.8 kilometres long billows into the atmosphere south of Tehran, IranNASA/JPL-Caltech The world has more ways than ever to spot the invisible methane emissions responsible for a third of global warming so far. But according to a report released at the COP29 climate summit, methane “super-emitters” rarely take action when alerted that they are leaking large amounts of the potent greenhouse gas. “We’re not seeing the transparency and the sense of urgency that we require,” says Manfredi Caltagirone, director of the United Nations Environment Programme’s International Methane Emissions Observatory, which recently launched a system that…
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced that he is selecting Karoline Leavitt to serve as White House press secretary. “Karoline is smart, tough, and has proven to be a highly effective communicator,” Trump said in a statement. “I have the utmost confidence she will excel at the podium, and help deliver our message to the American People as we, Make America Great Again.”Leavitt served as his campaign’s national press secretary during this election cycle, and since Election Day, she has served as a transition team spokesperson.NBC News has reached out to Leavitt for comment. Earlier on Friday, Trump…
Getty ImagesYou may have seen the word “Bluesky” popping up on your social media pages recently and wondered what people are talking about.It is an alternative platform to Elon Musk’s X and in terms of its colour and logo, it looks quite similar. Bluesky is growing rapidly and is currently picking up around one million new sign-ups a day. It had 16.7m users at the time of writing, but that figure will likely be outdated by the time you read this.So what is it – and why are so many people joining?What is Bluesky?Bluesky describes itself as “social media as…
Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Economy myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox.Growing up in a land of eucalypts, I had not even seen a rake before moving to England. Now I live in the countryside and swear like an Anzac every time a leaf drops on my grass. You can keep the divine colours this autumn.But if I’m honest, it isn’t the endless raking and rides to the tip that annoy. It’s the words of an ex-boss ringing in my ears whenever I do manual labour. Makes more sense to pay someone else, he…
Credit: Heisenberg Media via Wikimedia Commons Billionaires Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will take over a new effort to make the government more efficient. President-elect Donald Trump’s new “Department of Government Efficiency,” or DOGE, is a government efficiency effort that has turned a public spotlight onto government waste and duplication in a way not done for years. While journalists and nonprofits have been writing about examples of government waste during that time, very little of it actually got much attention. Musk created a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) account on X where he is asking followers for suggestions. Aside from…
Selena Gomez discussed how entering showbiz at a young age impacted her personal growth and the struggles of growing up in the spotlight.The singer recently addressed body-shaming comments, candidly explaining how her health challenges affect her appearance.Selena Gomez also recently revealed her biggest dating “ick” and opened up about her first date with boyfriend Benny Blanco.Article continues below advertisementSelena Gomez Reflects On Entering Showbiz Too Young, Wishes For More Personal DevelopmentMEGAIn a recent interview for Elle Magazine’s 2024 Women in Hollywood issue, Gomez shared that, in hindsight, she wishes she hadn’t entered showbiz so young, as she believes it hindered her personal…
EFFICIENCY MUST START WITH CONGRESS Let’s start from scratch. Say you are concerned the federal government is prone to waste, fraud and abuse and needs to be kept under close watch. You assume that because it’s the government and not a private company with a profit motive there’s less efficiency. What do you do? Your primary constraint, the one that supersedes all others with no exceptions, is the US Constitution, which gives the power of the purse to Congress. Congress creates every federal agency, mandates their tasks and approves their funding. If you want efficiency, it must start with Congress.…