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Finding the best ways to do good. Made possible by The Rockefeller Foundation. Artificial intelligence is playing strategy games, writing news articles, folding proteins, and teaching grandmasters new moves in Go. Some experts warn that as we make our systems…
The tense situation between neighbouring India and Pakistan escalated after a Pakistan-based terrorist organisation claimed responsibility for a suicide attack that killed over 40 Indian soldiers on 14 February. India does not plan to conduct new air strikes on the border with Pakistan,…
Several Christian Democrat parties have voiced their opposition to the continued membership of Hungary’s ruling party Fidesz, which is known for its tough stance on the migrant problem, the EU Observer reported citing a letter to the group’s presidency. At…
Thousands of people have marched through Algeria’s capital, Algiers, as demonstrators protest against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika bidding for a fifth term in next month’s elections. President Bouteflika, who is 81, is currently being treated at the Geneva University Hospitals in Switzerland and…
House Democrats are quietly seething at each other behind closed doors. After House Speaker Nancy Pelosi witnessed 26 Democrats joining Republicans on a procedural vote to amend an important universal background checks bill this week, she admonished her members during…
The early 2020 Democratic primary has been occupied lately by a surprisingly polarizing question: Should the United States offer restitution to the descendants of slaves in the form of reparations? Already, several candidates — notably Sens. Kamala Harris (D-CA), Cory…
