The Gaza ceasefire is stoking violence in the West Bank
THE PALESTINIAN villages of al-Funduk and Jinsafut have been under unofficial curfews since January 20th. Armoured vehicles o...
A $500bn investment plan says a lot about Trump’s AI priorities
When President Donald Trump announced a half-trillion-dollar of private-sector investment in American artificial-intelligence...
Donald Trump has again rewritten the history of January 6th
“THIS IS A big one,” Donald Trump said as he signed a clemency order for nearly 1,600 January 6th rioters just hours after be...
Following Trump’s pardons, the Proud Boys are back in the game
THIS IS A big one,” Donald Trump said as he signed a clemency order for nearly 1,600 January 6th rioters just hours after bei...
David Lynch mesmerised filmgoers with mystery, beauty and horror
The first long, proper kiss David Lynch had with a girl took place in a ponderosa pine forest in America’s north-west. Pine n...
America’s departure from the WHO would harm everyone
DONALD TRUMP has once again set his sights on the World Health Organisation (WHO). On January 20th America’s newly inaugurate...
Genetic engineering could help rid Australia of toxic cane toads
THIS WEEK, between January 18th and 27th, thousands of volunteers in a band of territory stretching across north-eastern Aust...
How Poland emerged as a leading defence power
It has been centuries since Poland was last a great armed power, but the winged hussars are back. When Russia seized Crimea i...
America really could enter a golden age
Maybe you are in the habit of applying a hefty discount to claims by Donald Trump; no one could blame you. But he really does...
To end birthright citizenship, Trump misreads the constitution
IN HIS INAUGURATION speech, Donald Trump promised that in his administration, “we will not forget our constitution.” The prom...