Tag: world views
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World Views | Europe’s central bank eases support, but it’s not a taper
The European Central Bank will dial back some of its massive emergency pandemic support for the economy amid signs of increasing business activity and consumer ... -
WORLD VIEWS | Who is Mullah Hasan Akhund?
Mullah Akhund is a fascinating but relatively enigmatic figure in the Taliban. He has been an influential figure in Afghanistan since the inception of the militant group ... -
World Views | Bitcoin is now ‘legal tender’ in El Salvador – here’s what that means
The government even went a step further in promoting the cryptocurrency’s use by giving US$30 in free bitcoins to citizens who sign up for its national digital wallet, ... -
World Views | What do Muslims believe and do? Understanding the five pillars of Islam
When I was growing up in India, my father’s Muslim friends would get me new clothes for Eid al-Fitr, a festival that celebrates the end of ... -
World Views | With Merkel going, candidates fail to inspire German voters
It’s not that politics bore him; quite the opposite. But Christoph Gillitzer is stumped by whom to vote for in Germany’s federal election next month. ... -
World Views | Schools can reopen safely – an epidemiologist describes what works and what’s not worth the effort
Just when schools were getting ready to reopen for the new school year, cases of COVID-19 started surging in the United States, driven in large ... -
World Views | Rapport key to Afghan peace
The international media have been taken aback by the swift takeover of Kabul by the Taliban following the withdrawal of US forces from the country ... -
World Views | Viral questions on Covid
What is being done to distribute COVID-19 vaccines globally? Several groups are working to get shots to poor countries, but they’re falling far short of ... -
World Views | Afghanistan only the latest US war to be driven by deceit and delusion
In Afghanistan, American hubris – the United States’ capacity for self-delusion and official lying – has struck once again, as it has repeatedly for the last ... -
World Views | The Internet Archive has been fighting to keep what’s on the web from disappearing – and you can help
This year the Internet Archive turns 25. It’s best known for its pioneering role in archiving the internet through the Wayback Machine, which allows users to ... -
World Views | Orwell’s ideas remain relevant 75 years after ‘Animal Farm’ was published
Seventy-five years ago, in August 1946, George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” was published in the United States. It was a huge success, with over a half-million copies ... -
World Views | Millennial Money: Ready for results? Find a mentor
As your financial and professional lives become more complex, going it alone will only get you so far. We all need advice, encouragement and a ... -
World Views | Why more intense storms and flooding are expected
The world watched in July 2021 as extreme rainfall became floods that washed away centuries-old homes in Europe, triggered landslides in Asia and inundated subways ... -
World Views | What are dark patterns? An online media expert explains
Dark patterns are design elements that deliberately obscure, mislead, coerce and/or deceive website visitors into making unintended and possibly harmful choices. Dark patterns can be ... -
World Views | Biden wants to crack down on bank mergers – here’s why that could help consumers and the economy
President Joe Biden signed a sweeping executive order on July 9, 2021, that aims to increase competition throughout the U.S. economy. In one of the ... -
World Views | There’s a long history of dances being pilfered for profit – and TikTok is the latest battleground
In January 2020, 14-year-old Jalaiah Harmon created what would become one of the biggest viral dance sensations on TikTok. But few users knew that Harmon, who ... -
World Views | Psychological tips for resisting the Internet’s grip
“22 of the Cutest Baby Animals,” the headline said. “You won’t believe number 11!” Despite an impending deadline – not to mention my skepticism (how ... -
World Views | Far more adults don’t want children than previously thought
Fertility rates in the United States have plunged to record lows, and this could be related to the fact that more people are choosing not ... -
World Views | China’s ‘one-child policy’ left at least 1 million bereaved parents childless and alone in old age, with no one to take care of them
A child’s death is devastating to all parents. But for Chinese parents, losing an only child can add financial ruin to emotional devastation. That’s one ... -
World Views | Millions are rejecting one of humanity’s best weapons for saving lives: Vaccines
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by employees at a Houston hospital who did not want to be vaccinated for COVID-19, claiming that ... -
World Views | Conservative hard-liner elected as Iran’s next president – what that means for the West and the nuclear deal
Iran’s conservative rulers’ effort to orchestrate the outcome of the June 18 presidential election triggered a voter boycott – but the result may still bode ... -
World Views | Why nobody will ever agree on whether COVID lockdowns were worth it
As an increasingly vaccinated world emerges from lockdowns, lots of people are talking about whether the fight against the pandemic was too strong or too ... -
World Views | Netanyahu may be ousted but his hard-line foreign policies remain
After two years of repeated and inconclusive Israeli elections, the advent of a new coalition government has ended the long era of Benjamin Netanyahu’s prime ... -
World Views | What’s the G-7? An international economist explains
The Group of 7 is an informal group of seven powerful democracies: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. The ... -
World Views | Restoring land around abandoned oil and gas wells would free up millions of acres of green
President Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan proposes to spend US$16 billion plugging old oil and gas wells and cleaning up abandoned mines. But there’s no authoritative measure ... -
World Views | Intensive tutoring and summer sessions may be needed to catch students up after the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to substantial reductions in student learning in metro-Atlanta public elementary and middle schools. What’s more, these impacts have grown over time, ... -
World Views | Can a vaccinated person spread coronavirus?
As restrictions are lifted and people start to leave their masks at home, some people worry: Can you catch COVID-19 from someone who’s vaccinated? Researchers had ... -
World Views | The world should learn from India’s Covid-19 cataclysm
In cities at least, India’s nightmarish second wave of Covid-19 finally seems to be ebbing. Delhi has brought its test positivity rate below 2% for the first time ... -
World Views | How Europe can lead the way out of Covid travel confusion
Vaccines are a huge help in the Covid fight, paving the way for reopenings in towns, cities and countries around the world. But when it comes to ... -
World Views | When to buy a Lamborghini? There’s no time like the present
For those who aspire to cryptocurrency riches, the entreaty “When Lambo?” long ago became a popular way to refer to that blessed day when you’re finally wealthy enough ... -
World Views | Cars are about to get a lot more expensive
Cars are about to get a lot more expensive. Manufacturers and drivers should brace themselves. The price of everything that goes into a vehicle is going ... -
World Views | Recycling isn’t dead. It’s booming
Recycling is “dead,” say the obituaries. And if it’s not dead it’s “broken,” “not working,” “in the bin,” “failing,” a “charade,” “a lie,” and of course “too good to be true.” This gloomy ... -
World Views | Blood clots aren’t the only vaccine side effects worth studying
One can hardly blame people for being worried about the new Covid-19 vaccines when there are so many anecdotal reports of weird side effects — including women ... -
World Views | As the Middle East rages, the US can’t stay distant
Israel and Hamas are once again at war in Gaza. The two sides have been firing missiles and rockets at each other since the start of ... -
World Views | Elon Musk conveniently ignored bitcoin’s inconvenient truth
When electric carmaker Tesla Inc. said in February it would buy $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin and start accepting it as payment, billionaire boss Elon Musk had little ...
