2026-04-28 08:00:52
It has been almost two decades since the late Shinzo Abe stood in India’s parliament and told the assembled legislators that “it is incumbent upon us two democracies, Japan and India, to carry out the pursuit of freedom and prosperity in the region.” Abe defined their task as protecting the freedom of navigation in what he was the first to call the Indo-Pacific. That task has gotten only more urgent as the US withdraws — or, more recently, imposes blockades on crucial straits — and China pushes
2026-04-28 05:28:06
Standardized reading and math scores are abysmal, yet report cards say otherwise.
2026-04-28 02:00:18
The chip industry seems to be the only game in town lately. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index, known as the SOX, has risen 48% this year. Bourses in Taiwan, South Korea and Japan are riding the wave and hitting record highs, brushing away potential energy shocks from the military conflict over Iran.
2026-04-28 01:49:34
Same-raid parlays, a proposed software take-under, Jain Global and an agentic AI hedge fund.
2026-04-27 19:30:18
Florida becomes the next battle in the White House redistricting wars this week as legislators begin a four-day special redistricting session on Tuesday. But the question before Republicans isn’t easy: Do they draw a new map that pleases the president but risks electing more Democrats, or do they just tinker a bit and hope to hold tight to safe seats?
2026-04-27 19:00:20
I come not to bury Tim Cook, but to praise him. Last week’s announcement that the Apple Inc. CEO is handing the job to hardware chief John Ternus in September has been met by assessments questioning “whether the company is prepared for a future beyond the iPhone” and how Apple’s lagging performance in artificial intelligence is “raising questions about whether Cook should lead from here.” Cook seemingly built the world’s most valuable company but fumbled his final act. Maybe so. Or maybe the man
