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Don't expect young to save centrism
News, Mihir Sharma, Published on 16/05/2017
» At a victory rally for France's young new President Emmanuel Macron outside the Louvre last week, I was struck by the generational gap between the candidate and his most animated supporters.
Kim knows exactly what he's doing
News, Peter Apps, Published on 10/03/2017
» With a suspected role in the assassination of his estranged half-brother and a string of increasingly aggressive missile tests, the North Korean leader appears to be testing the patience not just of Washington but also his key ally, China. It's a high-stakes game that may push the region into the worst conflict it has ever seen. Kim Jong-un's actions have a ruthless internal logic, however, and while he has a plan, there is no sign that anyone has a coherent strategy for stopping him.
No such thing as the fourth industrial revolution
News, Satyajit Das, Published on 30/11/2016
» The theme of the 2016 World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos was the "Fourth Industrial Revolution". Professor Klaus Schwab, WEF's founder, has even published a hasty, crowd-sourced book. He warns that the scale, speed and impact of new technologies, focused on artificial intelligence, robotics, the Internet of Things, autonomous vehicles, 3D printing, blockchains and biotechnology, are "so profound" that in history "there has never been a time of greater promise or potential peril".
Games won't leave Rio de Janeiro's air any cleaner
News, Brad Brooks, Published on 03/08/2016
» Rio de Janeiro's air is dirtier and deadlier than portrayed by authorities and the Olympics' promised legacy of cleaner winds has not remotely been met, an analysis of government data and Reuters' own testing found.
Who's afraid of automation and robots?
News, Sutapa Amornvivat, Published on 20/07/2016
» The recent Toyota Motor Thailand's layoff of 800 employees has caused quite a stir. Luckily, this incident turned out to be an isolated case, and not a prelude to mass unemployment. Yet, a real threat is imminent as the world's economies, advanced and emerging alike, are entering a brave new world of automation.
Turkey unlikely victim of unlikely coup
News, New York Times, Published on 18/07/2016
» If the attempted coup in Turkey came as a surprise, there was good reason: The event went against decades of research on how, when and why coups happen.
Air pollution kills 1 in 8 worldwide
News, Published on 26/05/2016
» Cooking and eating -- caring for our families at home, moving onto work, school and markets, and then back home again. These are universal rituals that fill our days and the lives of people the world over. And yet there is an unrecognised health threat lurking in the shadows of our most basic routines: air pollution.
Facebook's agenda and worrying hold on the news
News, Farhad Manjoo, Published on 13/05/2016
» Facebook is the world's most influential source of news.
Red Bull reminder
News, Postbag, Published on 12/01/2016
» I fully agree with the storm raised against DJ Keng, aka Pattarasak Thiemprasert, who forcefully backed his pickup truck twice into a stationary car, then lied that the car had hit him. His lies were caught on a video taken by a bystander. This man richly deserves jail.
Data drive still needs human touch
News, Published on 05/01/2016
» Rapid advances in technology have dramatically lowered the cost of gathering data. Sensors in space, the sky, the lab and the field, along with newfound opportunities for crowdsourcing and widespread adoption of the internet and mobile telephones, are making large amounts of information available to those for whom it was previously out of reach. A small-scale farmer in rural Africa, for example, can now access weather forecasts and market prices at the tap of a screen.