That old line that “politics is showbiz for ugly people” is so good it should be true, but it isn’t really. Politics has always been politics, and showbiz is something different. Not, however, in the unique case of Donald Trump. The current US president is best understood as a pomp-era megastar. Extraordinary, really, that Trump…
Miriam Adelson was namechecked by Donald Trump at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in a shoutout to the Republican megadonor who has been central to the U.S. president’s Israel policy. Trump told Israeli lawmakers on Monday that Adelson had equivocated when asked whether she loved the United States or Israel more and paid tribute to…
By Phong Ngo  October 14, 2025 | 03:37 am PT Amazon founder Jeff Bezos believes that stress doesn’t come from long hours or hard work, but from avoiding issues that need attention. “Stress primarily comes from not taking action over something that you can have some control over,” Bezos said in a 2001 interview at…
On the day Israel and Hamas exchanged captives and detainees as part of the Gaza deal, United States President Donald Trump framed the agreement he helped broker as a “historic dawn of a new Middle East”. “This is not only the end of a war, this is the end of an age of terror and…
Stock photo: Getty Images Посилання скопійовано The United States has been able to offer Ukraine only 20-50 Tomahawk missiles, a quantity that is unlikely to materially change combat dynamics or the battlefield situation. Source: Financial Times, citing Stacie Pettyjohn, director of the defence programme at the Center for a New American Security Details: According to…
President Donald Trump complained in a late-night social media post that TIME magazine had published a photo of him that “may be the Worst of All Time” to accompany a fawning article about the Gaza ceasefire deal. The president acknowledged that the piece—which ran on the cover with the title “His Triumph”—was “a relatively good…
Oyo founder Ritesh Agarwal Oyo founder Ritesh Agarwal has now credited Amazon founder Jeff Bezos for helping him shape his approach and business strategy. Agarwal revealed the one quote by Bezos which inspired him, ‘Hope is not a plan’. In a recent interview post shared by Agarwal on his Instagram handle, he emphasised that structured…
Birthday wishes go out to Skyler Shaye, Rowan Blanchard and all the other celebrities with birthdays today. Check out our slideshow below to see photos of famous people turning a year older on October 14th and learn an interesting fact about each of them. Top celebrity birthdays on October 14, 2025 From left, Oprah Winfrey,…
China has hit back at the United States by sanctioning the US units of a South Korean shipping company and promising retaliatory measures on the industry in the latest tit-for-tat move as both Beijing and Washington attempt to gain leverage ahead of trade talks. The sanctions target five US units of Hanwha Ocean Co. (042660.KS),…
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