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Today in US history on March 19: Pivotal developments across conflict, governance, and national growth that shaped the nationMarch 19 in US history reflects pivotal shifts in policy, war, and economic change, from the adoption of time zones and rejection of the Tr...
Today in US History on March 16: West Point established, Robert F. Kennedy runs for president, My Lai massacreMarch 16th marks significant historical moments, including the 1802 establishment of the US Military Academy and Robert Goddard's 1926 laun...
February 26, today in world history: From Napoleon’s dramatic return to Hitler’s Luftwaffe reformation; check key eventsFebruary 26th has witnessed pivotal moments, from Napoleon's daring escape in 1815 to the establishment of Grand Canyon National Park in 19...
Why tech firms are aiming for smaller, leaner AI modelsArtificial intelligence companies are developing smaller models to save on energy and costs. These models, suitable for specific tasks, are...
Your favourite wine regions will feel the heatClimate change now poses risks to European wine regions. Research shows areas in Northern Italy, Spain, Greece, and Bulgaria are highly vul...
French President Emmanuel Macron draws new wave of criticism over Russia comments"We must not humiliate Russia so that the day when the fighting stops we can build an exit ramp through diplomatic means," the French head ...
French prosecutors issue international arrest warrant for Carlos GhosnIn December 2019 as he awaited trial, Ghosn staged an audacious getaway, being smuggled out of Japan in an audio-equipment case on a privat...
Sigmund Freud, a 'mad' president and a century of European diplomacyBack in the 1930s, Freud, the godfather of psychoanalysis, blamed Wilson's failure on messianic hubris, rooted in his repressed homosexuali...
Explained: When is United States' war in Afghanistan really over?For the United States and its coalition partners, the endgame is murky. Although all combat troops and 20 years of accumulated war materiel...
Forgive them their trespassesDon’t sneer (too much) at ex-bhakts turning their back on their ex-hero
Nissan-Renault rift at center of Japanese trial of Greg KellyGreg Kelly, an American, was arrested with former Nissan chief Carlos Ghosn in November 2018 and has been charged with under-reporting Ghos...
View: China’s ominous turn and what it means for India, othersHow should the world, and particularly India, then view the rise of China? If there was any illusion, it has been shattered by the recent C...
View: We don’t have to defeat Covid, we need to make peace with itLockdown was a wasted opportunity in teaching us how to live in a world where Covid is a reality.
View: GDP is a flawed way of figuring out how well a country is doing, but it mattersThere are many things wrong with GDP but it also measures the economic performance of a govt.
What if there was a trade war truce?Australian mineral exports would suffer, too, as would electronics sales from Southeast Asian countries such as Malaysia.
4th industrial revolution will add unpredictability to future of work: IndiaIndia has said the fourth industrial revolution will add unpredictability to the future of work, requiring people's opportunities and well-...
Is PM Narendra Modi's foreign policy style reckless and unduly personalised?Some of the criticism has come from those politically opposed to Modi and congenitally or even hereditarily hostile to anything he does.
Brexit: It’s the end of Europe as we know itEurope has always been at war with itself. The Pax Romana never fully pacified the Germanic tribes. Strife was frequent through the Middle ...
- Sarkozy's flagship French reform passes by two votes
French President Nicolas Sarkozy's flagship constitutional reform was passed Monday at a special congress of deputies and senators -- by vo...
- Socialist realism comes to light at WTO after 30 year cover-up
It started when a former employee of the International Labour Organisation spoke fondly of photographs taken of her with her husband in fro...