PARIS — Voilà les poids lourds de la mode française soulagés, bien loin de leur colère de cet hiver, quand, au plus fort des négociations […]
Member countries call on EU to sanction Israel’s Ben-Gvir over flotilla taunts
A growing number of EU members are calling for Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir to be sanctioned for his treatment of activists detained while […]
Huduma Kenya Rolls Out New Services Targeting All Kenyans
President William Ruto has frequently stated that digitalisation is his primary tool to combat corruption, remove bureaucratic bottlenecks, and ensure the traceability and accountability of […]
‘Will they kill us too?’ Murder of leading feminist has chilling effect on Iraq’s activists
Yanar Mohammed’s assassination comes amid a number of killings as fellow campaigners warn women’s rights are going backwards In early March, two unidentified gunmen on […]
When Animals Enter the Demos: Two Problems for Political Inclusion
In this post, David Paaske and Angela Martin discuss their article recently published in the Journal of Applied Philosophy on two problems of democratic inclusion […]
As Militaries Expand Drone Usage, Populations Live in Terror
As drones dominate warfare in the Middle East, Ukraine and beyond, civilians are caught in the crosshairs. Hailing the machines as the future of war, the Pentagon is pouring […]
K Food exports set to take major hit after losing Middle East growth
South Korea’s K Food export growth momentum face a sharp slowdown as the Middle East weakens from the US-Iran conflict…See More
Sparkle expands Quantum Safe Interconnect to 20 locations
After validation over an IPsec tunnel between Frankfurt and Singapore, QSI is now available in 20 Equinix locations across Europe, the Americas and Asia Sparkle, Italy’s leading international […]
Richard Dawkins Finds Love, Isolation as a Societal Norm, and Other AI News (Half the Answer #84, with Hagen Blix)
Is this chatbot sentient? Is AI my friend? Is isolation hackable? Trent and Caitlin discuss recent AI news, Sam Altman’s troubles legal and otherwise, labor […]
Drake wins with “Iceman” trilogy, whether we like it or not
Drake is the frog that’s been struck by lightning. The rapper on the losing end of the most high-profile rap beef in recent memory has […]
AI data center push is fueling new nuclear threat
There is a lesson that keeps arriving in new and more violent forms: Energy security is national security. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 delivered […]
China and Russia: the uneasy couple
Russia today wants to intensify its relationship with China and complains that China is not equally warm in return, treating Russia as a junior partner. […]
Top Democrats decry Trump ‘taxpayer shakedown’ and ‘super-pardon’
Top Democrats on a pair of panels in the US House of Representatives have demanded that Justice and Treasury department leaders answer for how they settled President […]
Last days of the cormorant: 10 EU countries want open season on fish-eating bird
The great cormorant has had a good run. Driven to the brink of extinction by hunters and pesticides in the 1970s, the fish-eating waterbird was […]
EU complains about ‘surprise’ UK move to roll back Russia sanctions
BRUSSELS — The EU’s economy chief criticized the U.K.’s decision to loosen planned sanctions on Russian-origin jet fuel and diesel without giving prior notice to […]
White House quietly hands Trump’s anti-fraud chief a curious exemption: report
President Donald Trump’s administration surreptitiously handed an official charged with combating “fraud” in the federal government a waiver from conflict-of-interest rules, NOTUS reported on Thursday. […]
Todd Blanche is fulfilling Trump’s ‘deepest fantasies’ in ways Pam Bondi couldn’t: MS NOW
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche stepped into the limelight this week, unabashedly defending Donald Trump, making him the man of the president’s dreams, claimed MS […]
Iran Executes 2 More Prisoners In Surge Of Political Hangings
As the US-Israeli war with Iran continues to impact and shape the region, journalists from RFE/RL’s Central Newsroom and Iranian service, Radio Farda, deliver ongoing […]
Men can earn bonuses for trying. Women have to deliver.
A new study has identified what researchers describe as a “gender criteria gap” in workplace evaluation, suggesting that women in leadership roles are judged more […]
Are lasers the key to GPS like navigation on the Moon?
Permanently shadowed craters have long interested scientists. Could a new laser system help future spacecraft navigate the Moon more safely?