Look to circular economies – The Mail & Guardian

Strands is the NYT’s latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it’s great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints. Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints… Read Details ⇢

On Monday, December 16, at 9:55 am, the very first direct Paris-Berlin high-speed train departed from the Gare de l’Est station in the French capital for the German metropolis’ main station. It was a historic moment. A German white and red ICE train, the product of a partnership between the… Read Details ⇢

France’s Les Républicains face incredible challenges to “articulate some difference and find themselves a role” in such a volatile political landscape. All the while, Nicolas Sarkozy remains “a very influential player in the background of French politics, moving the chess pieces on the board for the centre-right.” For in-depth analysis… Read Details ⇢

The Riverside Unified School District (RUSD) in California hosted a board meeting Thursday amid a controversy over a transgender cross country runner at Martin Luther King High School and students being reprimanded for protesting the athlete’s participation. The board meeting will address recent allegations in a lawsuit that school administrators… Read Details ⇢

Vijayawada, India – As soon as Meda Ramana was elected the head of Garapadu village council in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, several residents complained to her of being wrongfully excluded from government welfare schemes. About 50 villagers – mostly women of the Dalit, Indigenous and religious-minority communities –… Read Details ⇢

Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,000 games later. It offers a genuine challenge, though, so read on if you need some Quordle hints today – or scroll down further for the answers. Enjoy playing word games? You can also… Read Details ⇢

Mufasa and Taka in ‘Mufasa: The Lion King,’ directed by Barry Jenkins. DISNEY ENTERPRISES LE MONDE‘S OPINION – WHY NOT Among the many Disney productions, we can’t help but be transfixed by the evocative power of The Lion King (1994), the studio’s most profitable animated film, which has an ever-renewed… Read Details ⇢

The US House of Representatives on Thursday overwhelmingly rejected a Republican-led funding bill aimed at averting a government shutdown, with federal agencies due to run out of cash on Friday night and begin closing down at the weekend. The contentious bill would have suspended the country’s borrowing limit for President-elect… Read Details ⇢

A former CNN pundit has offered a mea culpa for shrugging off concerns about President Biden’s mental decline.  Chris Cilizza, who served as CNN’s editor-at-large before leaving the network in 2022, spoke candidly about his lack of journalistic curiosity about Biden’s condition to serve following a pair of damning reports… Read Details ⇢