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This picture shows the destruction in the southern Lebanese village of Khiam on December 13, 2024, after Israel withdrew from the area as Lebanon's army deployed under a ceasefire deal with Hezbollah. (Photo by AFP)

The framework that ended Lebanon’s war in 2006 could help end this one too

4 min read . 14 Dec 2024

People attend a stargazing event to observe Jupiter and its moons at its closest to Earth, in Benjakitti Park in Bangkok on December 7, 2024. (Photo: AFP)

Could life exist on one of Jupiter’s moons?

4 min read . 14 Dec 2024

The cost of external finance for low-income countries has quadrupled since 2012, and the poorest 40 are completely shut out of global markets. (Image: Pixabay)

Multilateral institutions are turning away from the poorest countries

3 min read . 14 Dec 2024

A doll and shoes lay on a bench in a nursery school of the ghost town of Pripyat near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on 22 April 2016, the 30th anniversary of the nuclear disaster. Photo: AFP

How a second nuclear disaster was avoided at Chernobyl in 2022

3 min read . 13 Dec 2024

The Tesla Cybercab. Photo: AP

The trouble with Elon Musk’s robotaxi dream

5 min read . 13 Dec 2024

Economies were ranked on five economic and financial indicators—GDP, stock market performance, core inflation, unemployment and government deficits.

Which economy did best in 2024?

4 min read . 13 Dec 2024

The Netherlands is the world’s biggest exporter of agricultural products after America, a country more than 250 times its size. (Image: Pixabay)

The cucumber Saudis: how the Dutch got too good at farming

5 min read . 12 Dec 2024

Is the new effort an improvement? Photo: Reuters

Can the world’s most influential business index be fixed?

4 min read . 12 Dec 2024

The cost for risky companies of raising funds is at its lowest relative to Treasury bonds since the spring of 2007. Photo: Bloomberg

America’s searing market rally brings new risks

3 min read . 12 Dec 2024

The competition is being fought over the control and ownership of the data centres, undersea cables and wiring that form the physical underpinnings of the internet. (Image: Pixabay)

America v China: Who controls Asia’s internet?

6 min read . 11 Dec 2024

Masayoshi Son, founder and chief executive of SoftBank. Photo: Ramesh Pathania

Masayoshi Son is back in Silicon Valley—and late to the AI race

5 min read . 11 Dec 2024

Trump sounds confident he has leverage on all fronts. Photo: AP

Donald Trump is not as tough as he thinks

4 min read . 11 Dec 2024

A person dressed as a horned evil spirit at a parade through the small town of Goricane, Slovenia on 23 November. Photo: Reuters

How humans invented good and evil, and may reinvent both

5 min read . 10 Dec 2024

For the past two years Chinese migrants have been the fastest-growing group crossing the southern border of the United States. (Image: Pixabay)

How to escape from China to America

13 min read . 10 Dec 2024

Trump wants to create a National Energy Council to cut red tape on everything from issuing permits to distribution. Photo: AP

How much oil can Trump pump?

5 min read . 10 Dec 2024

Starbucks has ceded market share to Luckin Coffee, a cheaper local competitor. Photo: Bloomberg

From Apple to Starbucks, Western firms’ China dreams are dying

5 min read . 09 Dec 2024

Syrians wait overnight to cross into Syria from Turkey at the Cilvegozu border gate near the town of Antakya, southern Turkey, on 8 December. Photo: AP

Who will rule Syria now the Assad regime has been toppled?

6 min read . 09 Dec 2024

Once a place has captured Indian tourists’ imagination and let them in, there is one more thing: it must offer them food they enjoy. (HT_PRINT)

How to attract Indian tourists

3 min read . 08 Dec 2024

Health services around the world have faced shortages of plasma-derived medicines since at least 2018.

People should be paid for blood plasma

3 min read . 08 Dec 2024

This aerial picture shows a bullet-riddled portrait of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. (AFP)

The Syrian dictator’s last stand

5 min read . 08 Dec 2024