“Digital arrests” are bilking Indians out of millions, leaving trauma and distrust in their wake.

Most of us have encountered “AI slop,” the deluge of low-quality content produced by generative artificial intelligence tools that has inundated the internet. But is this computer-made hogwash taking over our work as well?

You might have thought Beijing’s effort to attract global STEM talent would fire up legions of patriotic keyboard warriors eager to celebrate America’s relative decline. Instead, the launch of a new work visa has sparked an online furor that highlights the soft underbelly of China’s much-vaunted industrial policy.

When former Vice President Kamala Harris declined to run for California governor, the thinking — and the fear — among the Democratic Party’s chattering class was that former US Representative Katie Porter, known for interrogating corporate executives alongside a whiteboard, would consolidate support and have a glide path to victory next year.

The Republican mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska (population 32,000), was defeated last week in his re-election bid by a Democrat. I can’t say that I followed this race closely, but that didn’t stop me from commenting on the result, as did other political obsessives I know.

It’s no secret that US politics has gotten more polarized. That means fewer voters split their tickets, voting for both a Democrat and a Republican. Between 2008 and 2022, the percentage of voters who crossed party lines fell from 12% to 5%, according to Daniel Moskowitz at the University of Chicago.

Machado's victory was a fitting end to a week full of firsts for Gaza, gold and more.

When it comes to Maine Governor Janet Mills, Democrats might want to be careful what they wish for. After months of speculation and pressure from national Democrats, Mills is set to jump into the Senate primary on Tuesday. The two-term governor has been on Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s midterm wish list and is reportedly set to challenge Senator Susan Collins. Mills will likely be the immediate frontrunner in the primary, facing lesser-known challengers. But the messy fight will pit the party’

A month ago, a lobbyist for a US military contractor messaged to ask if I would meet his boss for lunch. Because I write about defense, the CEO wanted to bend my ear about the stuff he sells.

President Donald Trump’s recent flurry of attempts to deploy National Guard troops in cities around the country reminds me of an old “block-that-metaphor” line from the New Yorker: “As I look at things with a broad brush, there are lots of things going south out there, and there’s no silver bullet.” With this particular president and his constant whirligig of threats, puffery and offhand remarks, one never knows whether he is announcing a genuine policy initiative or simply reveling in the furio

Last year’s flu season was long, brutal, and ultimately tragic. By the time infections had subsided in May, as many as 1.1 million Americans were estimated to have been hospitalized and as many as 100,000 had died. Among them were 280 children — the highest number recorded in a non-pandemic year since health agencies began tracking the virus in 2004.

Bill Belichick, in his first season as the head football coach of the University of North Carolina Tar Heels, spent the opening six weeks of the season making news for all the wrong reasons. This week alone brought reports of locker room dissension, the cancellation of a Hulu documentary about the Tar Heels’ season, and rumors (denied by Belichick) that his first-ever college head coaching gig could be coming to a premature end.

The large, wealthy and influential diaspora doesn’t see a reason to care about the deteriorating relationship between Washington and New Delhi.

Early in President Donald Trump’s first term, there was much talk about whether his xenophobic utterances and immigration restrictions would decimate tourism to the US. In the end, they really didn’t.

The well-deserved Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado carries both a powerful moral message and a call for action.

The Letitia James indictment for mortgage fraud contains numerous irregularities, but the New York attorney general’s best hope for prevailing against the charges may be the prosecution’s inability to prove its case.

The house that Enzo built is Europe’s premier automaker. But return on investment is slipping.

Japan seems hot again, but its already-embattled presumptive leader can’t be lulled that the freeze is really over.

The government shutdown is already beginning to impact air travel. Alarm bells are ringing about the air traffic controllers who are not being paid yet are expected to continue working. While members of Congress bicker, the snarls at airports and potential safety issues are coming like a downhill train that’s lost its brakes.

Three of Margaret Thatcher’s dresses encased in glass boxes and a stall that invited attendees at last week’s Conservative Party Conference to “ask the Iron Lady” to opine on contemporary politics. A “Thatcher fest” in her hometown of Grantham that features the “smash hit” play Margaret Thatcher Queen of Soho. A grand dinner at London’s Guildhall hosted by, among others, Mark Thatcher and Joan Collins: “In a world craving true leadership, relive the legacy of the Iron Lady…” The British are trul

If you set aside that morning when President Donald Trump called for his head, Lip-Bu Tan, the chief executive officer of Intel Corp., has had a terrific couple of months.

With a federal appeals court hearing taking place yesterday, the people of Portland, Oregon, could soon get a clearer idea of whether they will join Los Angeles and Chicago and in having the National Guard milling about on their streets, executing a vague mission to protect federal property and stop “antifa.”

My earliest economic memory as a kid growing up in Argentina is of the government knocking zeroes off its currency after successive devaluations rendered the bills worthless.

Once again, five otherwise obscure individuals on the Nobel committee in Oslo, chosen by the Norwegian parliament, made controversial news today in giving out their Peace Prize, the world’s most sought-after award. They did so for the best of reasons, for this year’s laureate — Maria Corina Machado of Venezuela — is as deserving as any has ever been.