2026 World Cup: football in the age of AI

From 3D players to data-transmitting balls, the sport's biggest tournament is awash with technology to help with everything from offside decisions to viewer angles, but does this come at a cost?

Marco Mossad

America’s New Vision of Astronauts

The mission had gone smoothly from start to finish. “Thanks for flying SpaceX,” an engineersaidas the spaceship splashed back down to Earth, prompting laughs in the mission-control room. SpaceX’s…

Marina Koren

Why the World Lost to the Pandemic

The day before President Joe Biden’s inauguration,the United Statescrossed a tragic milestone, marking 400,000 deaths from COVID-19. Biden has since cautioned that half a million American lives could…

Yanzhong Huang

Egypt Starts Chinese Vaccine Rollout  

Egypt launched a vaccination campaign against the coronavirus on January 24 with the first shots given to healthcare workers at hospitals designated to isolate and treat COVID-19 patients across the…

Amr Emam