Reporter Raquel Camila

After three years on Capitol Hill, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has formulated a gloomy assessment of Congress and its inner workings, characterizing Washington’s legislative process as "a shit show" of missed opportunities and badly laid plans. House In a long and wide-ranging interview with The New Yorker’s David Remnick, Ocasio-Cortez — the most prominent voice of the far-left “Squad” — criticizes President Biden as unassertive, Republicans as undemocratic and the media as sensational. But she reserves some of her harshest words for leaders in her own caucus, particularly when it comes to the process of devising legislative strategy. “Honestly, it is a shit show. It’s scandalizing, every single day,” she told Remnick for the story, published on Monday. “Some folks perhaps get used to it, or desensitized to the many different things that may be broken,” she added. “But there is so much reliance on this idea that there are adults in the room, and, in some respect,...

So far, 102 couples have tied the knot in the UAE Capital since the implementation of the new law in February Three-and-a-half years ago, a Dubai couple met using a dating service recommended by friends; today, on Valentine’s Day, they were among dozens of couples that tied the knot in Abu Dhabi. Civil marriage ceremony at Abu Dhabi Courts Sarmila, an Indian national and Julian, a British expat, registered their union with ease under Abu Dhabi’s civil marriage ceremonies at the Non-Muslim Family Court. They are among the 60 marriage applications submitted at Abu Dhabi courts and got married under the new civil marriage law over the Valentine’s Day weekend alone (in two days). So far, 102 couples have tied the knot in the UAE Capital since implementing the new law this month, allowing civil marriages in Abu Dhabi for the first time. The new law, which governs family matters for expats or foreigners, also offers tourists a chance to finalise civil marriage contracts in Abu Dhabi. Sarmil...

Anurag Batra is a serial entrepreneur, media mogul, a journalist and an eternal optimist rolled into one. He is a first-generation entrepreneur and after acquiring the iconic business media and magazine brand BW Businessworld, a 35-year strong media brand as well as most respected business publication in the country. Anurag Batra Dr Anurag Batra , Chairman and Editor-in-Chief of Business World; is an alumnus of MDI and currently a board member of the Institute. He holds a B. Tech degree in Computer Sciences before joining the Management Development Institute MD Gurugram. Dr Batra is the Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief of Exchange 4 Media Group, which includes Exchange4media.com, PITCH, IMPACT, Realty Plus and Franchise Plus. He has launched several other communities under the BW umbrella, which cater to niche audiences in different sectors. At present, Mr Batra is building the BW Businessworld business aggressively and taking it to new heights. Mr Batra  has also been appoint...

As the world marks the anniversary of the signing of the “Document on Human Fraternity for World Peace and Living Together” on Friday, members of the fraternity committee discussed the importance of such an agreement for modern interfaith relations. Expo 2020 Dubai is commemorating the occasion with events and gatherings of multi-faith representatives, as the memorandum itself was inked in the UAE capital of Abu Dhabi three years ago exactly. Pope Francis receives the trophy for the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity The intentions of the agreement by Pope Francis and Grand Sheikh of al-Azhar Ahmed al-Tayeb were to create a lasting legacy of tolerance and understanding that is reflected in the annual International Day of Human Fraternity. “We must believe in the importance of the Document on Human Fraternity, which is not just a set of principles, but a historical document that came after years of estrangement and a history of wars that employed religions to achieve political gain and a...