Poland’s right-wing opposition party has split after months of infighting over its political direction. A rift on the right When Jaroslaw Kaczynski expelled 30 members of his conservative nationalist Law and Justice Party (PiS) including former prime mini... See more
The success of a broadly-based youth movement in forcing India’s government into retreat is a welcome sign of the vitality of dissent within the world’s biggest democracy. Cockroaches triumph over Modi When Narendra Modi’s government introduces legislatio... See more
Donald Trump used a prime time address from the Oval Office last week to accuse China of interfering in the United States presidential election in 2020. But secretary of state Marco Rubio said that when he met Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi in the Phili... See more
The World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai boasted big displays by China’s technology giants Tencent and Alibaba and an entire floor of humanoid robots ironing shirts, handing out drinks and posing for selfies. But much of the attention was ... See more
The chamber orchestra was playing the slow movement of Grieg’s Holberg Suite, a beautifully mournful interlude within an otherwise lively piece, when I felt a chill run through me. It could have been the music but it might also have been the icy air condi... See more
