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The Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE, the Elon Musk-Donald Trump project to reform the U.S. government bureaucracy, has been described...
We all know that social media algorithms elevate material that you’ll engage with — typically content designed to enrage. But one instant last week...
French elections often bring shocks. The 2012 presidential vote might have gone differently without Dominique Strauss-Kahn’s perp walk. Emmanuel...
It didn't take Prabowo Subianto long to abandon his carefully cultivated image as an avuncular figure devoted to his cats. The makeover, which...
U.S. President Donald Trump has raised the specter of economic and geopolitical turmoil in Asia. While individual countries have few options for...
The American economy really is exceptional. It is richer, more innovative and continues to expand at a high rate compared to most of the developed...
Myanmar’s generals have a choice to make following Friday’s 7.7 magnitude earthquake. They can repeat the mistakes of 17 years ago when they...
At one point in her unfinished, posthumously published memoir, the Ukrainian novelist Victoria Amelina reflects on how she’d take a break from...
AI “agents” are coming, whether we are ready or not. While there is much uncertainty about when AI models will be able to interact autonomously...
Fort Knox, home to much of America’s gold reserves, doesn’t get many visitors. That may soon change: U.S. President Donald Trump and his sidekick,...
The latest issue of The New Yorker includes an essay by Adam Gopnik, "We’re Still Not Done With Jesus,” on the scholarly debates about the origins...
Typically, a small anti-war demonstration would not be front-page news unless it happened somewhere like Moscow, where few dare openly to oppose...
Some years back, I fired off a forgettable social media post referencing the "three co-equal branches” of government. A friend — a smart journalist...
Lots of people like to throw around the word "unprecedented” when they talk about U.S. President Donald Trump, especially now that he has taken the...
It finally happened: Ekrem Imamoglu, Istanbul’s mayor and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s most formidable likely challenger in the 2028...
If you’re horrified by the foreign policy of U.S. President Donald Trump, you probably believe that he is betraying American friends (such as NATO...