Ethics and governance
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Weekly Worldview: What counts—and who can act on it?
Five developments—from elections and protests to health, work and biodiversity finance—show why evidence matters only when…
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History: Lebanon’s railway archives and the work of keeping memory usable
The rescue of railway records at Mar Mikhael Train Station raises a larger question: what turns…
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Weekly Worldview: When access becomes something people can use
Cholera care, sustainable cooling and Soninke’s digital future reveal the practical conditions that turn available resources…
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AE Worldview: What makes a different action possible?
From Hormuz diplomacy and the UN to Bangkok flooding and Swiss neutrality, today’s stories ask a…
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AI News: Washington and Beijing agree to talk about AI incidents. Who will act on what they hear?
At the Trump–Xi summit, China called for human control of AI while the US rejected new…
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AE Worldview: Ebola’s border spread, Moldova’s emergency begins and a sea-level declaration
Ebola’s spread in Congo, Moldova’s emergency powers and a UN sea-level declaration show what remains unresolved…
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Art and Culture: Can a museum make room for friendship without scripting it?
Wellcome Collection’s Friendship Effect programme opens a question about cultural participation, access and the freedom not…
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UK Policy and Politics: Who will oversee the new information-defence centre?
The proposed UK centre raises two linked questions: how to counter hostile-state manipulation, and how to…
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AI News: After the UN safety appeals, who gets to test the claims?
AI leaders have urged international safeguards. The next test is whether independent institutions can inspect evidence…
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AE Worldview: Ebola care, Moldova’s water emergency and the work before discovery
Ebola care, Moldova’s emergency powers and NASA’s PRIMA decision reveal different gaps between authorising action and…