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Delta Air Lines Inc. announced Wednesday that it would impose a $200 monthly surcharge on employees who aren’t inoculated against Covid-19, pioneering an alternative to the vaccine mandates issued by other corporations as they seek to limit the spread of the highly contagious delta variant while…

Kamala Harris’ historic visit to Vietnam — the first time a US vice president has visited the country since the end of the war — has got me thinking about the relationship between the two countries. Both nations’ interests would be served by a closer economic partnership. But making such a…

A year and a half into the pandemic, Americans are more confused than ever about the risks they face, and that goes for experts and lay people alike. Cases and hospitalizations are going up in almost every state, but the messages we’re getting are mixed about the risks to the fully vaccinated. …

That is what the world needs today, especially amid all that has happened and continues to happen in it, from conflicts to disputes, intersections of interests, and wars. It is in need of a moment of contemplation and relaxation to push it to think of humanity’s place, human beings’ worth and the…

Will banking meet the sorry fate of newspapers? With the tech industry creeping up on licensed deposit-taking institutions in India, it’s time to take the question seriously. Alphabet Inc.’s Google already provides one of the two most popular payment wallets in the country. But now Google Pay…

There’s some reporting that former President Donald Trump may announce soon that he’s running for the White House again. What — if anything — should we make of that? Early candidacy announcements are usually a sign of weakness. Longshots announce early, and begin campaigning early, because they…

The highly anticipated US jobs report for August should make us feel sorry for those having to navigate through the flood of economic data, be they analysts or, more importantly, policy makers. With another set of data subject to divergent interpretations, the post-pandemic economic landscape…

It’s time for Apple Inc. to get off its easy-money addiction and go for a bigger score: developing its own search engine. For years, the smartphone maker has benefited financially from a lucrative deal in which Alphabet Inc.’s Google paid Apple billions of dollars to be the default search engine…

If former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif had been representing his country at the Baghdad Conference for Cooperation and Partnership, would he have taken the step taken by his successor, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian? In all likelihood, the logical answer would be, no. This is the assumed…

On the morning of Sunday August 15, around 200 of the forces of the special guard of the President of Afghanistan went to the Ministry of Defense. They were there to prepare things for a visit by President Ashraf Ghani. Shortly before, then-defense minister, General Bismillah Mohammadi, had…

Covid-19 vaccines were supposed to be a golden diplomatic opportunity for great powers and aspiring rivals to woo friends — and even enemies — in need. It isn’t going to plan. Russia was the first to approve a vaccine and the most enthusiastic marketer, but has fallen far short of its hyperbolic…

In March, a Chinese military satellite appeared to spontaneously disintegrate in orbit, leaving a trail of debris high above the Earth. If China knew anything, it wasn’t saying. Did the propulsion system explode? Was there a collision with some of the space junk that’s accumulating in orbit? Or did…