Tag: global affairs
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Essentially, it’s the name given to a collection of 70 offshore shell companies whose controllers used them to move billions of dollars of private wealth from Russia to the west.… more ›
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Marcelliano Reitz, lean and toothless, rolls up his sleeve. The sun is setting behind the world-famous silhouette of Table Mountain. A plane on its way to Cape Town’s international airport… more ›
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On Monday, May 13, Jean-Georges Vongerichten got into a car outside his apartment in the West Village and asked to be taken to the airport. It would have been an… more ›
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Facebook’s Libra project led Beijing to accelerate its efforts. The government could soon know a lot more about how people are spending. BEIJING — When Facebook announced plans this year… more ›
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Around 3 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 3, 2015, Laura and Jason Henke awoke with a start at their home in Minot, N.D. Their dog was barking wildly. At the door,… more ›
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The Guardian today reveals the 20 fossil fuel companies whose relentless exploitation of the world’s oil, gas and coal reserves can be directly linked to more than one-third of all… more ›
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MENLO PARK, California — Facebook had spent nearly three years building out its counterterrorism team, sharpening policies against violent content, and training machines to spot extremist propaganda before it gets… more ›
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The winter after Donald Trump was elected president, strangers began appearing in a parking lot on southern Washington State’s Long Beach Peninsula, at the port where the oyster boats come… more ›
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At the heart of populism is the divide between the establishment and the people. Two new studies suggest that divide is deeper than we think. They find a substantial number… more ›
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On September 21, 2014, Yemen’s Houthi rebels took control of the capital, Sanaa, following a rapid advance south from their northern stronghold of Saada after weeks of anti-government protests. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/09/yemen-war-5-years-houthis-sanaa-takeover-190921070639516.html more ›