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Although we’re now scattered across the globe, my sister and I grew up in Calgary. So recently, when we were both in town, on a cloudless blue-sky Alberta day, we drove the hour along Highway 22 (also ...
US President Donald Trump and his former inseparable sidekick and BFF, Elon Musk, have been putting on a show that resembles two small kids (with rich parents) vying for supremacy in a sandbox, in ...
The guns have fallen silent along the Line of Control (LoC) between Pakistani- and Indian-administered Kashmir. A fragile ceasefire is in place, but this calm is unlikely to last. Pakistan has a long ...
During his speech at the US-Saudi Investment Forum, Trump reengaged with Middle Eastern leaders and revived the Abraham Accords. His focus on trade-based incentives signals a broader shift toward ...
In “Outside the Box,” I interrogate ChatGPT to better understand how AI “reasons.” It’s like a conversation with an intelligent friend, sharing ideas and challenging some of the explanations. Do ...
The international concerns about Iran’s nuclear ambitions and the repression of women’s rights, especially after Mahsa Amini's death, are profound. Nuclear weapons development could worsen the ...
Around the world, we have been witnessing a dangerous shift toward authoritarianism that is jeopardizing even established democracies like the US and the Netherlands. Civic spaces where free speech, ...
The world of macroeconomic forecasting could probably always use a disruption that enhances accuracy. One such comes from experts at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School and elsewhere, who ...
In “Outside the Box,” I interrogate ChatGPT to better understand how AI “reasons.” It’s like a conversation with an intelligent friend, sharing ideas and challenging some of the explanations. With ...
The world now awaits the iconic puff of white smoke indicating the election of an individual who may be regarded as holding the unique remaining position of power with a claim to exercising a form of ...
“Harvard is a threat to democracy,” declared US President Donald Trump in a Truth Social post. He accused the university of being an “Anti-Semitic, Far Left Institution” and a breeding ground for ...
Since the fall of the Ottoman Empire in the early part of the 20th century, the Middle East has been marked by conflict, violence, political instability, foreign interference, the rise and consequent ...