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Even if the exploding Hezbollah pagers was not the first supply chain attack, having thousands of remote, hand-held devices raised terrifying questions that hadn’t been widely considered before, marking a potential turning point in the public’s trust in their electronic devices, and in governments’ ability to protect them.
The outgoing Sri Lankan government had signed an agreement in secret for the Indian conglomerate Adani to build a wind farm in the north of the country. Now the newly elected President Anura Kumara Dissanayake arrives with plans to scrap the massive project.
The upsurge in violence between Israel and Hezbollah in recent days carries the risk of regional conflagration that the United States does not want. But once again, for almost a year now, the Americans have been unable to get their Israeli ally to listen.
Updated September 23, 2024 at 11:30 a.m. On this day in 2017, women were allowed to enter the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, for the first time ever. The women attended the stadium’s 87th anniversary celebrations and a qualifying World Cup match. Were there any restrictions or conditions for women attending the […]
Debate over Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying law shows the need to rethink the biological model of mental illness.
More and more schools around the world are starting to implement four-day weeks, in a variety of ways. But will this be a short-lived experiment, or the beginning of a new approach to education that can reduce stress for students, help recruit teachers and rethink learning altogether?
Mexico’s ruling party has reformed the constitution, forcing judges to run for office, supposedly to make them accountable to the people. But given the country’s history and singular problem with crime, it may turn them instead into ordinary politicians vulnerable to bribery and mob terrorism.
Since a military junta seized power in 2021, Burmese youth started fighting alongside established ethnic militias to free their country. To them, there is no such thing as the future, but only a present made of war and its horrors.
For a long time, contemporary art was the rage room of a conformist society. Now, it is filled with educational purposes. Where have all the angry artists gone?
Need a break from the hustle and bustle or the doom and gloom? From zebras in their natural habitat to remotely blowing bubbles in a Florida garden, there’s bound to be something for you in the thousands of livestreams available on Earth — and even in orbit.
Logic suggests that continuing the fighting on the southern Lebanon front is no more than meeting Netanyahu halfway toward a full-scale war. It also suggests that disrupting this man’s mission requires finding ways to stop the war.
The resurgence of China’s richest tech billionaire might seem like a positive signal of a more permissive market environment. But it’s worth remembering that Beijing remains the ultimate authority to regulate and mobilise market resources.
Along with much of central Europe, Poland has experienced large scale flooding that has impacted the country’s infrastructure, budget, and sense of safety. Will this tragedy change the way Poles view climate change?
It was the exceptional time that changed the equation, and revived the Palestinian dream. It also awakened the hidden Israeli plans: the extermination of the Palestinian people, the liquidation of their cause, and the evacuation of their land.
After a series of Hezbollah pager and walkie-talkie explosions attributed to Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, the movement’s leader, promised to retaliate, while Israel stepped up its air raids. But neither side has a strategic vision beyond the battlefield.
A new gruesome case of the rape and murder of a young female doctor trainee in India is bringing once again to the forefront the issue of women’s safety in the country. Why does this keep happening?
September 23 – September 29, 2024
Updated Sept. 20, 2024 at 10:40 a.m. On this day in 1932, the famous photo was taken that captured construction workers having lunch while sitting on a steel beam 850 feet above the ground during the construction of the Rockefeller Center in New York City. Who took the “Lunch Atop a Skyscraper” photograph? The photograph […]
New reports indicate that luxury sales in mainland China have fallen by approximately 10% so far this year, and talking to those who used to buy European brand bags and clothes, it’s going to be virtual austerity for the foreseeable future.
Striking with the knowledge that innocents will die is the same genocidal approach that has killed nearly 40,000 Palestinians in Gaza. The particular approach, detonating electronic devices by remote control, should worry everyone in the world.
Has social media become a breeding ground for racism ? Elon Musk has turned Twitter (now called X) into his own opinion platform, giving free rein to disinformation and weakening fact checking and user moderation. Meanwhile, the AI feeding the platform’s algorithm is built on harmful, racist bias, writes Cem Say for independent Turkish daily Oksijen.
From a 91-year-old fitness influencer in Canada to fashion grannies in China, elderly influencers are taking social media by storm, fighting back against ageist stereotypes while they inspire millions.
With its unprecedented attacks on pagers and walkie-talkies in Lebanon that again killed innocent victims, Israel now faces the risk of losing the war not just on moral and legal grounds, but also from a strategic perspective.
The Wall Street Journal puts the number of Russian and Ukrainian dead and wounded at one million after two-and-a-half years of war, with more than twice as many Russians dead as Ukrainians. Yet this tragic toll only reinforces both sides to continue to seek victory.
The traditional burial rite of the Jopadhola is becoming increasingly rare as villagers opt instead for DJs spinning modern tunes.
Updated Sept. 19, 2024 at 10:40 a.m. On this day in 1985, an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.0 on the Richter scale struck Mexico City. What was the toll of the 1985 earthquake on Mexico City? The estimated death toll ranged from around 10,000 to 30,000 people. Tens of thousands more were injured, and […]
Unprecedented attacks via pagers and walkie-talkies carried by Hezbollah members comes amid a growing consensus in Israel in favor of launching a war across the border into Lebanon. Meanwhile, the U.S. may have given its assent and the Lebanese government appears unable to intervene, with Hezbollah holding all the cards on this side of the border.
No place says Volkswagen like Wolfsburg. The city and the brand live in symbiosis, and for a long time, this has been beneficial to both. Now, the times of prosperity might be over. A visit to the quiet and historically prosperous corner of western Germany.
The numbers are troubling but also still unclear. Are more people dying in the quest for cheaper medical services — often plastic surgery — that Turkey has become a magnet for. It’s time to check more closely.
Our Naples-based psychiatrist reassures one patients who is feeling guilty over wishing ill on a thief.
Nine dead and nearly 3,000 wounded. The unprecedented attack on the pagers of Hezbollah members is the larger explosion of a war already underway that could consume the whole Middle East.
Updated Sept. 18, 2024 at 11:20 a.m. Jimi Hendrix died on this day in 1970 from an accidental drug overdose. He was found unconscious in his London apartment and was pronounced dead shortly after being taken to the hospital. Who was Jimi Hendrix? Jimi Hendrix was a renowned American musician, singer, and songwriter. He is […]
Critics are right to denounce crooked politicians or elected leaders for undermining the democratic system of checks and balances. But defending those checks and balances is not the key to restoring democracy — because people’s pervasive distrust and discontent with politics is a much deeper problem to address.
With new border controls with its EU neighbors, Germany is once again proving that it does not trust its European partners. This puts the whole European single market project at risk.
This giant chicken will attract tourists! Let’s honor Queen Elizabeth with a statue that looks nothing like her! And other very visible bad ideas around the world…
The Muslim Brotherhood is heading back into Jordanian politics, 30 years after being excluded following the 1994 peace deal with Israel. It’s a post-Oct. 7 sign from Amman about the specter of masses of Palestinians flooding into Jordan from Gaza and the West Bank is scary enough to play ball with the Islamist Brotherhood.
It says a lot about the state of U.S. politics that Elon Musk, a powerful supporter of Donald Trump and owner of the X platform, used that same platform to joke about the killing of the American president and vice president. Will political violence and the reaction to it shape the results of November’s election?
A network of Ukrainian teachers, parents and administrators teach online classes to families trapped in Russian-occupied territories. But it comes with serious consequences if they are discovered.
Updated September 17, 2024 at 10:50 a.m. The Battle of Antietam was a significant engagement fought during the American Civil War which took place on this day in 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, along the banks of the Antietam Creek. It was one of the bloodiest single-day battles in American history. Who were the main participants […]
The porn industry and amateur and professional adult content plays a role in the Israeli war on Gaza. Some pornographic companies did not only provide support to Israel, but adult content also contributed to drawing a violative imagination about Israeli soldiers and their relationship with the battlefield and the Gazan victims. It is part of a long history linking pornography and war.