How Shonda Rhimes became a billion-dollar asset for streamers
FOR SHONDA RHIMES, deciding whether an idea is screen-worthy is easy. “We make shows that we want to watch,” she says of Shon...
How a year of tremor and terror transformed Japan
WHO COULD have known that on an ordinary Monday morning in 1995 a commute in Tokyo would turn into a scene from hell? On Marc...
How safe is your DNA in a bankruptcy?
Spit in a tube and, for about $100, discover secrets held by your DNA. That was the promise of 23andMe, a direct-to-consumer ...
Can Musk put man on Mars?
HUMAN LAWS can be changed, waived or broken. Physical laws are less biddable. When it comes to putting humans on Mars, which ...
Japanese people are starting to quit their jobs
Kawata Yasutoshi was never cut out for traditional Japanese corporate life. As a former guitarist in a heavy-metal band, he f...
Israel courts the Middle East’s minorities
The prize for Israel sounds tempting. After the Hamas attack on October 7th 2023 Palestinian labourers from the occupied terr...
Mark Carney calls a snap election in Canada
The dilemma facing Canada’s Conservative Party can be summed up in its campaign slogan: “Canada first. For a change.” Just th...
Myanmar’s battered junta embraces drone warfare
In four years of civil war, Myanmar’s ruling junta has suffered a slew of humiliating military reversals. But this year it no...
Nigeria’s president pushes the limits of his power
After a Nigerian firm called Heirs Energies paid $1.1bn in 2021 to acquire an oil field in the Niger Delta, its boss found th...
A fight over a cloister in tourist-filled Florence
One of the last quiet spots in tourist-saturated Florence is a cloister adjoining the Basilica of Santo Spirito, the residenc...