Basque writer Bernardo Atxaga’s new novel Golondrinas begins with the burial of legendary boxer Urtain and follows three funerals in the same grave across 50 years, blending death, rural decline, fantasy and
Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says his country is confronting a disaster “beyond our control” as it struggles to recover from the catastrophic impact of Cyclone Ditwah while still emerging from
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That was one of the most concealed nightmares humanity was forced to endure. “In one village a mother was discovered boiling her two-year-old to eat its flesh. In another case, a father
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Colonel Miri Eisin, a retired IDF officer and internationally recognized expert on intelligence, security, and Middle East geopolitics, offered her insights on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in an exclusive
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“Nothing is sacred anymore,” Prof. Nelum Deepika Udagama remarks at one point during this conversation, reflecting on the way education, law, and public institutions have been pulled into the logic of the
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Editor’s Note: This feature draws from a conversation with Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg, joined by Ben Horowitz, Erik Torenberg, and Vineeta Agarwala, exploring the groundbreaking work of the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
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Editor’s Note: Following article based on excerpts from an interview with Dr. Fei-Fei Li at AI Startup School in San Francisco. Dr. Fei-Fei Li is often called the godmother of AI—and for
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For Howard Jones, enlightenment began with chaos — “a slow-motion explosion of fruit and veg,” as he describes it. In the early 1980s, long before Things Can Only Get Better became an
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Editor’s Note: The following interview was originally published in The Sunday Island, a Colombo-based weekly newspaper. What does it mean to claim that psychoanalysis is inherently feminist? How can the unconscious, that
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Editor’s Note: The following article is based on excerpts adapted from an interview with Professor Jiang Xueqin conducted by Cyrus Janssen. “I see geopolitics as a game among different players,” Professor Jiang
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In a conversation with MIT Technology Review, Suleyman addressed what he calls a “deep contradiction” at the heart of AI development: the race to make artificial intelligence friendlier, smarter, and more relatable,
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor In a wide-ranging conversation with our foreign affairs editor, Irina Alksnis, managing editor of the RIA.ru opinion column department and winner of the Golden Pen of Russia
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Thirteen years after surviving a Taliban assassination attempt at the age of fifteen, Malala Yousafzai is speaking openly about the untold struggles behind her public image. In her forthcoming memoir, Finding My
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Mark Carney, former chair of Bloomberg LP from 2023 to 2025 and now Canada’s prime minister, sat down with Bloomberg for an extensive interview to discuss how he has adjusted to the
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Editor’s note: The following article is based on an interview with Geopolitical Futures Chairman and Founder George Friedman conducted by Christian Smith. Two years ago this week, Hamas’ October 7 attacks stunned
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The United Kingdom, long regarded as a global leader in climate action, is now grappling with political resistance that could jeopardize its decades-long progress toward net-zero emissions. The country’s pioneering Climate Change
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