Taiwan is experiencing millions of cyberattacks every day
May 05, 2024 10:11 am UTC| Technology Politics
Taiwan stands out as a beacon of democracy, innovation and resilience in an increasingly autocratic region. But this is under growing threat. In recent years, China has used a variety of grey zone tactics to pressure...
What the Supreme Court is doing right in considering Trump’s immunity case
May 03, 2024 00:03 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Politics
Following the nearly three-hour oral argument about presidential immunity in the Supreme Court on April 25, 2024, many commentators were aghast. The general theme, among legal and political experts alike, was a...
US student Gaza protests: five things that have been missed
May 03, 2024 00:01 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Coverage of the recent student encampments at more than 50 universities across the United States has focused on confrontations between opposing groups of protesters or between protesters and police. The spectacle of...
Will Solomon Islands’ new leader stay close to China?
May 03, 2024 00:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Former foreign minister Jeremiah Manele has been elected the next prime minister of Solomon Islands, defeating the opposition leader, Matthew Wale, in a vote in parliament. The result is a mixed bag for former prime...
US Urges China, Russia to Reject AI Control in Nuclear Arms, Align with Global Norms
May 02, 2024 13:50 pm UTC| Technology Politics
Paul Dean, a senior U.S. arms control official, emphasized the critical need for China and Russia to join the U.S. in declaring that humans will always decide on the deployment of nuclear weapons, not artificial...
US election: why it’s not the protesters’ votes that the Democrats should worry about
May 02, 2024 06:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
As hundreds of New York police officers in riot gear were called in to clear away a student protest at Columbia University on Tuesday night, the university president Nemat Shafik was saying she had no choice but to take...
May 02, 2024 06:00 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Though a second Trump presidency is not a foregone conclusion, Nato members are gearing up to Trump-proof the organisation and reviewing their defence strategies. Natos concerns about Trumps re-election were heightened...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects