World News Insights: Opinion Articles

The cybersecurity community was set alight last week by the announcement of new cryptographic algorithms designed to protect our digital futures. Now the race us on to roll out software and hardware that will secure computers against a threat that still only exists in theory. After a six-year…

The ways we think about the Covid pandemic have evolved with the virus: In 2020, it was a potentially deadly threat we could avoid by being careful; in 2021, it was something that was likely to infect everyone eventually; and now, it’s becoming seen as a persistent health hazard that can re-infect…

A ‘leak’ refers to material exiting a container through a crack or a hole, a gradual process by definition, or someone disclosing secret information. In Iraqi politics, however, leaks can be explained in various and divergent ways. It starts with identifying the leaker and the setting in which the…

It is hard to believe but it was only a year ago that Boris Johnson, imagining himself at the peak of glory as a political leader, was waxing lyrical about his “strategic goal” of rescuing millions of Britons out of poverty and neglect. Adopting the sobriquet of a 17th-century movement known as the…

If you lean toward supporting Russia in its invasion of Ukraine, or if you’re a pacifist convinced of the inherent criminality of armed conflict, you’ll find evidence that, for all of its adroit messaging, Ukraine’s conduct during the war is hardly impeccable. There’s the recent United Nations…

It is customary, when someone is near death, to reflect on the life that person lived: Was time spent wisely, or wasted? Were good deeds done, or harm caused? It is much the same with a political death. As Boris Johnson’s government gasps its final breaths, many of us are reflecting on how this…

It is spreading like wildfire. Homebuyers in China are refusing to pay the mortgage on properties they’ve bought but that their financially strapped developers can’t finish. Some say that they will only resume payments when construction restarts. The protest involved more than 100 delayed…

We do not need to wait for the official statements usually issued after official US visits to look into the second stop on their trip, Bethlehem. Situated between two major stops, it is akin to a comma between two lines. The visit to Bethlehem was preceded by developments that set the stage and…

Such is the determination these days to look tough on inflation that to even risk being portrayed as dovish is a stigma, regardless of merit. The relentlessness with which many central banks are raising interest rates into a slowing global economy shows there’s little reward in modest, albeit…

By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court has held that the Environmental Protection Agency lacks authority to order reduced emissions to fight climate change. Yes, you read that right. By a 6-3 vote, the Supreme Court has held that the Environmental Protection Agency lacks authority to order reduced…

It was too quiet to last. A sustained and brutal destruction of capital in India’s telecom industry was only just starting to give way to a period of peace and calm. The three operators who survived out of the dozen on the scene in 2016 must have been grateful for the end to a debilitating price…

For all the controversy about bots on Twitter, stoked most recently by Elon Musk’s aborted acquisition plans, it would seem reasonable to expect the company to close access to the platform and shy away from automation. Twitter Inc. is doing just the opposite, instead encouraging people to tap into…