Grok - the AI chatbot developed my Elon Musk's company - is facing growing international backlash for being misused to generate sexually explicit and nonconsensual images. Malaysia and Indonesia have ...
François Picard is pleased to welcome Kurdish humanitarian activist Arya Jemo amid the rapidly shifting sociopolitical and economic dynamics in Syria. Mr. Jemo shares themes of political betrayal, ter...
A Chinese national suspected of running a Cambodia-based scam operation linked to the killing of a South Korean university student has been arrested during a raid on a luxury house in Thailand, author...
The announcement of the ceasefire's second phase marked a significant step forward but left many questions unanswered. Those include the makeup of a proposed, apolitical governing committee of Palesti...
Passenger trips at the Hong Kong International Airport reached 61 million in 2025, marking a 15 per cent year-on-year increase, after a full year of operation with the facility’s third runway. The Air...
Mark Owen welcomes Aida Tavakoli, co-founder of We Are Iranian Students, who offers a window into the humanitarian crisis unfolding in Iran under a blanket of state-imposed darkness. Her voice, urgent...
Rochelle FERGUSON BOUYAHI welcomes Dafydd Townley, Teaching Fellow in US politics and International Security at the University of Portsmouth, joining us from Davos. He unpacks the deeper implications ...
William Hilderbrandt welcomes Dr. Ahu Kucuksefahani, Scholar in International Relations, social movements and digital activism. She offers a sobering analysis of Iran's deepening crisis amidst unprece...
François Picard welcomes Norwegian-Iranian neuroscientist Mahmood Amiry-Moghaddam, Director of Iran Human Rights NGO. He offers a rare quantified data-driven-account of fatalities in the current Irani...
Amnesty International Iran Researcher Raha Bahreini paints a harrowing portrait of a nation under siege by its own government. Amid an internet blackout, reports of systemic, indiscriminate violence h...
The Chilean government has awarded a contract to Chinese biopharmaceutical firm Sinovac Biotech to supply its influenza vaccine ahead of the southern hemisphere winter. The vaccine will be part of Chi...
A sample of a polymetallic nodule at the Viridian Biometals lab in Pasadena, California. | Photo: Getty Images The Trump administration took the next step toward unilaterally jumpstarting deep-sea min...
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink has gone all in on private markets Ben Whitley/PA Images via Getty Images BlackRock hit $14 trillion in assets after bringing in close to $700 billion in net inflows in 2025. ...
British Airways announced a deal with Starlink in November. Courtesy of British Airways Lufthansa is the latest airline to sign up for Elon Musk's Starlink WiFi. 31 carriers have announced deals for t...
Hi HN, I’m a co-founder building kacet, a new freelancing platform that connects freelancers and employers, with crypto as the core payment rail. The problem I’m trying to solve is pretty familiar: ex...
Singapore passport holders have the most flexibility for travel worldwide. inigolai-Photography/Shutterstock The Henley Passport Index ranks the world's most powerful passports for visa-free travel. S...
North Korea has the fourth-largest number of active armed forces in the world. Alain Nogues/Corbis via Getty Images The International Institute for Strategic Studies compiled data about the world's mi...
I never imagined I'd fall in love with living in Victoria, Canada, which is smaller than other places I've dreamed of living. Maria Polansky I've spent a lot of time living in midsize and big cities, ...
Geoffrey Lauprete is the head of Cubist Systematic Strategies. Jeff Yass founded proprietary trading firm Susquehanna International Group. Cubist; Susquehanna Competition for top quant talent has neve...
PALM BEACH, FLORIDA - DECEMBER 20: U.S. President Donald Trump walks off Air Force One at Palm Beach International Airport on December 20, 2025 in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump traveled to his Mar-a-Lago...