U.S. Regains Its Energy Clout
A year of war in Ukraine has highlighted the return of oil as a source of U.S. financial influence and geopolitical power, with the West shunning most Russian energy.Read More
How Are Insurtech and Digitisation Reshaping Customer Expectations? Industry Responds
For 50-odd years, the way insurance has worked has remained the same. But in the last few years, catalysed by the pandemic, the rise of digital solutions and insurtech looks to break down historical insurance preconceptions have emerged. Whether or not you agree that insurtechs and incumbents should live in harmony and work with one […]
Why dogs may not be able to stick their heads out of car windows in Florida for much longer
A new bill in Florida might mean no more joyrides for Fido.Read More
The therapeutic tool some claim strips away distractions and illuminates what truly matters
For four days this week, home for Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was a pitch-black room. There were no phones, no television, no lights or distractions. Just Rodgers, alone with his thoughts, in a cabin built specifically for prolonged isolation in the dark.Read More
Who’s Spending $1 Million to Attack This Struggling Brooklyn Hospital?
A group called Save Maimonides has financed a relentless, monthslong campaign to disparage a struggling Brooklyn medical center. Is the best way to fix the hospital?Read More
Child Labor Today
A Times exposé has revealed that young teenagers work long shifts, sometimes for nationally known brands. What can be done?Read More
A NATO Minnow Reels From Cyberattacks Linked to Iran
Albania has been the target of repeated digital assaults believed to be linked to its sheltering of an Iranian dissident group on its soil.Read More
He Survived the Trade Center Bombing. ‘I Always Knew They’d Be Back.’
Thirty years ago today, Tim Lang was injured in the first attack on the twin towers, an ominous but often overlooked prelude to 9/11. He does not forget.Read More
Deadly Russian Artillery Strikes Reported in Ukraine’s East and South
Officials said at least five civilians were killed in the attacks, as President Vladimir V. Putin repeated his claim that the war is part of a U.S.-led effort to destroy Russia.Read More
China, Needing Babies, Eases Limits on Births
A number of new incentives encouraging people to have children highlight the challenges China faces in trying to boost its declining birthrate.Read More