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President Nicolas Maduro’s political party United Socialist Party of Venezuela(PSUV) swept the parliamentary and regional elections in Venezuela on Sunday amidst boycott by the major right wing opposition parties as also once ally the Communist Party of Venezuela (PCV),All these parties were opposed to President Maduro’s reelection as the President in the presidential elections held last year.

With all our chatter about AI, social tensions, war and humanity, I was wondering, while I am in between books, where will we be by 2065, in the next 40 years? Will life on Earth be unrecognisable? Youngsters and oldies, like me, are all so excited or acting up, but let's look at the issue rationally.

The American President Donald Trump in a significant shift in US foreign policy, recently announced the easing of long-standing sanctions on Syria, marking a pivotal moment for the war-torn nation and the broader Middle East. This decision came during the President’s middle east tour and discussions with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

In his relentless pursuit of what he calls economic nationalism, President Donald Trump’s ‘trade jihad’ is targeting newer and more diverse sectors of the global economy. The latest front in this campaign is the high-tech industry, with a particular focus on smartphone manufacturing. This marks a significant escalation both in terms of scope and intensity, as it now extends beyond traditional industries like steel and automobiles to the digital economy, threatening to destabilize global supply chains that have taken decades to establish.

The political crisis in Bangladesh has reached its flashpoint in the last 48 hours with two opposing groups getting ready for a major confrontation on the issue of holding elections in the country. One side is led by the newly floated party of the students - National Citizens Party (NCP) backed by the chief adviser Dr. Muhammad Yunus and the other group is the main opposition party Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) supported by the Army Chief Waker Uz Zaman. The Jamaat el Islami is a divided house but most of them have distanced from their one time ally BNP and now supporting Dr. Yunus.

LONDON: Outrage has continued to mount after United States President Donald Trump falsely accused South African President Cyril Ramaphosa of the systematic killing of white farmers. President Trump dimmed the lights of the Oval Office to play a video of left-wing politician Julius Malema chanting an old anti-apartheid song that includes the lyrics “kill the farmer.”

About one in four jobs (24 per cent) globally is running a risk to be exposed to Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI,) but the exposure is likely to be transformative, not replacement, shows the refined global index of exposure to GenAI. The new ILO-NASK global index shows that the exposure in the high-income countries would be 34 per cent, but in the low-income countries it would be only 11 per cent. In absolute number, 838 million jobs globally are exposed to GenAI, out of which more than half 442 million are in Asia and the Pacific.

As famine looms over Gaza, with 57 children reportedly dying from the effects of malnutrition over the past 11 weeks, the Israeli operation in Gaza continues unabated. Though some western leaders have voiced concern over the fast-deteriorating situation in Gaza, no practical solution or confronting Israel for its anti-human behaviour against the Palestinians, appears to be on the horizon.

The four day visit of the Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar to China ended on Wednesday May 21 with top Chinese leaders assuring Dar that ‘as an ironclad friend, China, as always, firmly support Pakistan in safeguarding its national sovereignty and territorial integrity, support Pakistan in exploring a development path suited to its national conditions, support Pakistan in resolutely combating terrorism and support Pakistan in playing a greater role in international and regional affairs”.

For a certified peacenik, with no appetite for war, United States President Donald Trump can confound. That's because Trump's 'USA First' potentially pits the United States against all and sundry other countries. President Trump's threats and theatrics does not help. Witness the tariff wars he started and the plethora of altercations with a number of countries for no fault of theirs.