2026-03-23 02:00:04
Australia led the charge on banning children under 16 from social media platforms such as Instagram and Tiktok, and now much of the Asia-Pacific region — with its young, tech-savvy markets — is eager to follow. The collective push will be impossible for tech platforms to ignore.
2026-03-22 20:00:37
“I’d go in and take it.” The “it” is Kharg Island and the “I” is Donald Trump, but his comment on the critical Iranian oil terminal was made back in 1988 when he was just a businessman. Four decades later the US president is mulling whether to make good on that old boast in what would be a major escalation of the US-Israeli war with the Islamic Republic. Now, as then, the idea that capturing the site would somehow subdue Tehran is fanciful.
2026-03-22 20:00:14
The president alternatively exploits and deplores the US-led global order — and it just might work.
2026-03-22 20:00:09
Two recent election results have Black voters, strategists and activists talking. One is the Senate Democratic primary in Texas, which saw Representative Jasmine Crockett lose pretty handily to James Talarico, a White candidate who is centrist in bearing if not in policy. The other is the Senate Democratic primary in Illinois, which saw Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton beat a crowded and diverse field that included another Black female candidate, a victory that almost certainly puts Stratton
2026-03-22 20:00:07
Global fragmentation appears to be well underway. The astonishing shift in US foreign and economic policy is a primary cause, but the picture is far from simple and implicates many other factors. How to make sense of this teeming disorder? Where will these shifting forces lead the world?
2026-03-22 20:00:04
Americans in their 50s are working and saving like never before. Younger generations, take note.
