Violent jihadists are getting frustrated by the new Syria
The new commander of the old city of Damascus was miffed. Syria’s new de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharaa, had just reversed his...
Iran is vulnerable to a Trumpian all-out economic assault
On November 25th the Elva, a tanker flagged in São Tomé and Príncipe, clandestinely picked up 2m barrels of Iranian crude off...
India’s Faustian pact with Russia is strengthening
EVER SINCE the start of the war in Ukraine, the West has tried to persuade India to distance itself from Russia. India has co...
Homelessness in England has risen by 26% in the past five years
AARON IS HAVING a bad day. It is 7pm and foggy in Manchester city centre, the temperature is just above freezing and the late...
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...
Are mystics kooks or valuable disrupters?
Mysticism. By Simon Critchley. NYRB; 336 pages; $18.95. Published in Britain as “On Mysticism”; Profile; £18.99 The travails ...
Training AI models might not need enormous data centres
Once, the world’s richest men competed over yachts, jets and private islands. Now, the size-measuring contest of choice is cl...
The Palestinian cause has been damaged by factionalism, argues a former prime minister
THE HAMAS-LED attack on Israel was a case of the expected happening unexpectedly, and on an unprecedented scale. The preplann...