World News Insights: Opinion Articles

China’s decision to anoint a chip czar is the latest step to advance its semiconductor industry. It won’t be a magic solution for all the challenges the nation faces in catching up to the US, Taiwan and South Korea. Vice Premier Liu He is an obvious and worthy choice to spearhead the development…

The world is spoiled by Covid vaccine success. Speedily developed shots have proved highly and even exceptionally effective. That made weak results revealed late Wednesday by Germany’s CureVac about its mRNA vaccine especially disappointing. Previously hyped by Elon Musk's repeated endorsement and…

When US climate envoy John Kerry called to transform the science of climate change into policies and laws, he only got it half right, because setting public policies is not a simple matter. It rather is a complex issue that requires compromises to balance economic, social and environmental aspects…

Considering how bad stress is supposed to be for our bodies, it’s still a confusing concept. Is it worse for our health to have too much work or too little? To have too much responsibility or to be bored? The Covid-19 pandemic triggered lots of stress — even in people who never got the virus. It’s…

US regulators are toughening their stance on Chinese makers of surveillance cameras and other hardware. By turning to an old playbook, though, Washington is diverting focus from the future and diminishing America’s ability to remain a global technology leader. The Federal Communications…

Lebanese history, in all of its events and eras, may be the first and principal witness to the depth of the Saudi-Lebanese relationship. The relationship is founded in brotherhood first, before being a relationship of cooperation, coordination, support and concern for Lebanon and its people from…

Each iteration of the Olympic Games serves as a global spotlight for athletes who have spent their lives becoming the best in a chosen sport. In Tokyo next month, however, it will be doctors, nurses, lab technicians and thousands of other medical personnel who will determine the success of this…

Are Texas and California really so different? They certainly look different from the rest of the country in one respect. For all their contrasts, Texas and California are currently united in asking their respective populations to unplug appliances and forgo the air conditioning. Both have…

On the level of optics, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson can count his first meeting with US President Joe Biden a success. There were impressive photo ops, an exchange of gifts and a new Atlantic Charter to update the one Churchill and Roosevelt signed 80 years ago. But if Biden’s goal at…

Venezuela’s strongman sounds desperate. In an interview with Bloomberg News, Nicolas Maduro pleads with US President Joe Biden to lift the crippling sanctions on his country imposed by former President Donald Trump. “If Venezuela can’t produce oil and sell it, can’t produce and sell its gold,…

Ebrahim Raisi waves to the media after casting his vote at a polling station in Tehran, Iran Friday, June 18, 2021. AP Iran’s 2021 presidential elections looked like anything but elections. This was not an election with competition or popular participation but a ceremony for introduction of Mr…

It is neither a new Yalta nor an exceptional summit, and no unexpected outcomes emerged from it. The two sides were satisfied with agreeing to pursue diplomacy in order to reduce the acrimony of escalation on critical issues, which were on the margins throughout the four hours of dialogue. Each…