World News Insights: Opinion Articles

When it comes to saving the planet, the ambition of India’s reach is praiseworthy. The challenge lies in the weakness of its grasp. After emphasizing for years that a pathway to going green was more important than a deadline, India surprised delegates at the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow by…

It’s becoming a familiar story: A once-famous brand, beloved by fans but unable to keep up with changing times, loses money hand over fist and its shares get beaten down. Suddenly, retail investors decide it’s worth another look, and off the stock goes — to the moon. Back in January, GameStop…

The nicest thing you can say about the Health Misinformation Act, proposed in July by the Democratic senators Amy Klobuchar and Ben Ray Luján, is that it means well. The internet has been a key accelerant of widespread myths, misunderstandings and lies related to Covid-19; Klobuchar and Luján’s…

Saudi Arabia has announced that the talks with Iran “are still exploratory, and they have not yielded substantive results yet.” In a US-Western statement, the White House warned Iran of the “accelerated pace of provocative nuclear steps.” That all begs the question, will this statement or the…

This time, the accusation cannot be thrown at “the remnants of Saddam Hussein”, nor can it be associated with ISIS or the “Great Satan.” The story is a fabrication of what Muqtada al-Sadr calls “the forces of no state.” The fingerprints are clear. The assassination attempt against Mustafa Al…

Betting on the “death of the city” after Covid always looked extreme — Classical Athens survived far worse plagues and disasters. Yet places like London and Paris are once again having to confront the risk of hardening into enclaves for the rich. Even as the scars of past lockdowns keep tourism…

It’s transitory. That seems to be the message investors are sending as they push market indexes to new highs daily right after several technology companies warned supply-chain bottlenecks, labor shortages and delivery problems would crimp their holiday results. But investors might be missing…

It started in November of 2016, with a young US undercover agent in Havana hearing a piercing noise, then realizing that his ears wouldn’t stop ringing and that he’d lost some of his hearing. He told colleagues who remembered hearing weird noises, too. Soon, more than a dozen American diplomats and…

There is a dispute among the Lebanese as old as the country itself. It can be summed up as two contrasting approaches to understanding matters and making sense of them. The first approach gives the homeland precedence over the idea, while the second puts the idea before the homeland. The…

As the global climate summit concludes at Glasgow, Scotland, the initial reactions will focus on the various national commitments made to reduce emissions — the key metric for preventing further temperature rises. But alongside environmental science and economic impact, leaders need to pay…

Climate Summit (COP26) enters its second week with global consensus on one matter: that climate is already changing at a dangerous pace due to human activities. If some consider this an already established given, it is worth remembering that it wasn’t long ago that the voices of skeptics continued…

There are dozens of ships anchored off the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach this week, imperiling global supply chains and holiday gifts. Also imperiled? The safety and well-being of the seafarers working on those ships, many of whom haven’t touched land in more than a year due to pandemic-era…