Sam Altman and the Shape of the Future
Sam Altman speaks less like a computer scientist than a strategist. He has no doctorate in artificial intelligence, no technical pedigree of the kind that fills the ranks at OpenAI. Yet he has come...
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At SCO Summit, Asia’s Newspapers See Multipolar Choreography, Local Stakes
When the leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization gathered in Tianjin this week, it was meant to be a grand performance — and across Asia, newspapers described it as such. But while Chinese state...
In Tianjin, Putin Finds Old Friends and New Alignments
When Vladimir V. Putin stepped onto the red carpet in Tianjin last weekend, the choreography was as carefully managed as any in the long history of Sino-Russian relations. The Russian leader’s arrival for the...
Beijing Readies Grand “Victory Day” Parade: A Choreographed Display of Power and Precision
BEIJING, Sept. 3, 2025 — At dawn tomorrow, Beijing’s storied Tiananmen Square will awaken to a spectacle of steel and stride, as the People’s Liberation Army stages its largest military parade in nearly a...
Blocking a U.N. Delegation Won’t Hide Gaza
As Gaza slides into documented famine and the International Court of Justice’s provisional measures remain in force, the United States has blocked visas for a Palestinian delegation to the United Nations—an act that collides...
SCO Pushes for “AI for Good” at Tianjin Summit
TIANJIN — At the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit, leaders representing China, Russia, Central Asian and other member states issued a unified call for artificial intelligence cooperation rooted in openness, inclusion, fairness, and the...
China Bets on Discipline in AI Race, as U.S. Rushes Toward General Intelligence
BEIJING — China is advancing a distinctly state-led strategy for artificial intelligence, prioritizing infrastructure, regulation and targeted applications over the free-market sprint toward artificial general intelligence favored in the United States. While American companies...
Researchers Probe Rare Cardiac Events After mRNA Covid Vaccines in South Korea
South Korean researchers have documented rare but serious cardiac events following mRNA Covid-19 vaccination, though health authorities stress that the benefits of vaccination still far outweigh the risks. One peer-reviewed case study, published in...
Israel’s New Common Language: We Are All Post-Traumatic
Take the case of a young reservist — let’s call him Daniel R. — who fought in Operation Defensive Shield more than two decades ago. In recent months, he has begun to speak publicly...
Flags, Protests and a Fractured Identity: Inside England’s Weekend of Patriotism and Anxiety
By Jaffa Levy An impulse—to reclaim a sense of belonging—echoed in England this weekend, where flags and protests occurred in the open air. A surge of English and British flags across town centres and...
A Flotilla, 44 Nations and a Message Delivered at Sea
By Jaffa Levy BARCELONA, Aug. 31, 2025 — A fleet of around 20 small vessels slipped from the city’s harbour on Sunday, laden with food, water and medicine, and carrying a mission beyond mere...
Sex-for-Rent Scandal: Landlords Exploit Britain’s Broken Housing Market
By Elizabeth Wang Britain’s rental crisis has spawned a chilling new trend: landlords quietly trading rooms for sexual favours, targeting the most vulnerable and flouting criminal law. Britain’s rental crisis has spawned a chilling...
Last Week in Sanaa: A ‘Decapitation’ Airstrike — Assassinations by Another Name
By Jaffa Levy in London and Abu Rashid in Sana’a Last week — Thursday, August 28, 2025 — an airstrike hit the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, killing Prime Minister Ahmed al-Rahawi and several cabinet colleagues....
Trump drives India into the arms of China
By Jaffa Levy Tianjin, August 31, 2025 — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged on Sunday to improve relations during their first face-to-face meeting in seven years, held on...
Europe’s New Dependency State
How sabotage, austerity and Trump’s shadow left the continent exposed By Jaffa Levy Europe has slipped into a brittle bargain. In Berlin, ministers say the welfare state is “too expensive,” even as they prepare...
Strange Loops in AI — Part 2: Catching the Pulse
By Jaffa Levy This article is the sequel to Strange Loops in AI — Part 1, published on Telegraph Online on August 24, 2025. Imagine standing between two mirrors in a barber’s shop. You...
Why White Working-Class Boys Are the Great Underachievers in English Schools
By Jaffa Levy The story of white working-class underachievement is not about laziness or bias against them; it is the unfinished business of Britain’s caste order. Victorian England taught generations to “know their place.”...
Digital ID: Britain’s Next Step Towards a Watched Society
By Jaffa Levy Man is free. He does not need to be surveilled, categorised, or indexed. That principle has always been central to British life. From Magna Carta to the rejection of continental-style identity...
Europe’s Dilemma: Paying for War, Cutting Back at Home
By Jaffa Levy August 30, 2025 Europe finds itself at a crossroads. As the war in Ukraine grinds on into its fourth year, Western capitals are under pressure to sustain the flow of weapons...
Modi in China: India at the Crossroads of a Shifting World Order
By Jaffa Levy Prime Minister Narendra Modi has arrived in China for his first visit in seven years, a trip that underscores India’s pivotal role in the changing global order. Modi will attend the...
This Island Was Our Moat. Now It’s a Target Grid. How to Stop Fighting the Last War
By Jaffa Levy — London They came first in small boats. Julius Caesar, peering across the narrow water, lashed together a flotilla of timbered hulls and tested the Channel twice, in 55 and 54...
Recasting the Region: Iran–Iraq Security Deal Narrows Israel’s Options
By Jaffa Levy Baghdad’s new security memorandum with Tehran is not a tidy border fix. It is the start of a legal denial regime: a pledge that neither country’s territory or airspace will be...
Russiagate: The Hoax That Ate the Republic
By Jaffa — 29 August 2025 When the “Russiagate” scandal broke in 2016, America’s most prestigious newspapers treated it as gospel. The New York Times and The Washington Post led the charge, framing Donald...
Superintelligence: Abundance or Drift
By Jaffa How a race for power, chips, and rules could deliver a polymath in every pocket—or a slow thinning of human agency. The hinge: a system, not an AI model The next decade...
Britain’s Trump Moment? Farage, Reform, and the ECHR Exit
By Jaffa Levy — Reform UK has stopped talking about “turning the boats back.” According to Mark White’s interview for GB News, Nigel Farage now speaks the language of deportations, legal resets, and international...
The Sick Man of Europe, Again: Britain Enters the Great Crisis
By Jaffa Levy The silence of Britain’s leaders in the face of mounting warnings has become louder than any denial. There has been no clear rebuttal from the Prime Minister, no assertive statement from...
Nuclear Weapons Return to Britain, Reviving Cold War Fears
By Jaffa Levy — August 28, 2025 LONDON — For the first time since 2008, American nuclear weapons are again being stationed on British soil. According to Western defense officials and satellite evidence reviewed...
Ukraine’s Demands for Guarantees Collide With Reality on the Battlefield
By Jaffa Levy — 27 August 2025 Kyiv continues to press Western capitals for “security guarantees.” President Zelensky has raised the issue repeatedly in Washington, insisting that without binding assurances Ukraine will face another...