Catch up:Scotus upholds TikTok ban law; Israel approves Gaza deal
America’s Supreme Court upheld a law forcing TikTok’s Chinese owner, ByteDance, to sell the app or face a nationwide ban. The...
TikTok’s time is up. Can Donald Trump save it?
The campaign to ban TikTok has been going for almost as long as the viral video app has been operating in America. Now, after...
What North Korea gains by sending troops to fight for Russia
NORTH KOREAN television viewers had a treat just after New Year’s Day. The state broadcaster aired “72 Hours”, a new film, ac...
An outrage that even China’s supine media has called out
ON DECEMBER 19th relatives of Xing Yanjun gathered in Beijing to mourn the businessman’s death eight months earlier, allegedl...
Catch up:Gaza ceasefire deal edges closer; Biden grants mass pardons
Israel’s security cabinet approved the Gaza ceasefire deal. The government will vote on the agreement later on Friday. Hard-r...
A hidden refuge in Sudan that the internet, banks—and war—can’t reach
TO GET TO Caen refugee camp in the Nuba mountains in Sudan, travel first to Juba, the capital of neighbouring South Sudan. Th...
First, the ceasefire. Next the Trump effect could upend the Middle East
Even before the ceasefire in Gaza Donald Trump had begun to reshape the Middle East. He was influential in pushing Israel to ...
Canada has adopted assisted dying faster than anywhere on Earth
Sandra Demontigny watched early-onset Alzheimer’s transform her athletic father from a robust patriarch into a battered shell...
How will calamity change Los Angeles?
“MY HUSBAND saw a glow on the hill,” explains Laurie Bilotta. She is standing in her backyard in Pasadena pointing at Eaton C...
How bad will the smoke be for Angelenos’ health?
Where there is fire, there is smoke. For the people of Los Angeles, this will add to the misery. Some are already suffering f...