Mathematicians around the world are struggling to come to terms with a breakthrough that has challenged their understanding of their profession and its future. On 6 October, OpenAI released 722 manuscripts generated
The day after Li Chen-hsiu was sworn in as a member of Taiwan’s Legislature, she faced questions not only about her nationality, but about her identity and ultimately her loyalty to Taiwan.
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Erblin Ademi watched from a distance as workers began excavating recently discovered mass graves in Kosovo. Nearly 30 years after his father disappeared during the 1998-99 war, Ademi is caught between fear
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Five years after the withdrawal of international troops from Afghanistan, the country is confronting a humanitarian crisis that is becoming harder to contain. Millions are struggling with hunger and disease, families have
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On a Thursday evening in San Francisco, more than a dozen people gathered in a community office with alcohol-free wine, cheese, pens and sheets of paper. The meeting had been billed as
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New Delhi’s decision to assign official names to 27 locations in Arunachal Pradesh has brought a long-standing territorial dispute with China back into sharp focus, coming just a day after officials from
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For historian Wang Gungwu, the rivalry between the United States and China cannot be understood without looking backwards. At 95, the internationally recognised authority on Chinese history remains convinced that the past
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Dr. Lauren Dagan Amoss has spent much of her academic and professional career examining India from outside South Asia, studying the country’s foreign policy, security calculations and
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When Abigail, a 13-year-old schoolgirl, learned that she would have to give evidence in court for a second time, she wept in frustration. The first time she had testified about being raped,
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When people hear the word “psychopath”, the image that often comes to mind is that of a serial killer or violent criminal, shaped as much by Hollywood as by psychology. Hannibal Lecter,
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At 2,930 metres above sea level, with Mount Teide rising above him and a sea of clouds below, Garik Israelian moves through the facilities of the Canary Islands Institute of Astrophysics in
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Bharat’s youth who fall under 35-years age bracket total to over 800 million. Only a few thousands of these youngsters joined Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) led Jantar Mantar protests on NEET paper
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According to Der Spiegel, the extraordinary rise of Jason Arday, until recently a professor at the University of Cambridge, has become the centre of a scandal extending far beyond one academic career.
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The race to become the next secretary general of the United Nations has entered its decisive phase at a moment when the organisation faces some of the most difficult challenges in its
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When the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, Saeedullah Wafa knew that remaining in his homeland was no longer an option. Music was swiftly outlawed under the movement’s austere interpretation
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China has shifted from being Africa’s largest financier of major infrastructure projects to becoming a net collector of debt repayments, marking a significant transformation in its financial relationship with the continent as
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