Last week, President Donald Trump imposed 10% tariffs on China after reaching last-minute agreements with Canada and Mexico to delay tariffs by 30 days. China responded by slapping tariffs of 15% on…
The author and journalist's latest well-researched book, 'The Guardian of Names', explores the power and impact of naming. He speaks to Al Majalla about the creative process and his influences.
When a start-up using 2,000 old Nvidia chips produced a ChatGPT rival for $6mn, investors took around $1tn out of the big US tech firms. Donald Trump called it 'a wake-up call'. Never a truer word.
Last week, Chinese start-up company Deepseek disrupted the AI market with the launch of its R1 model. Upon the launch of its AI chatbot, the company revealed in a research paper that it spent only …
HTS's recent overthrow of the Assad regime recalls the key role militias played throughout history—from Sudan's recent civil war all the way back to the American Revolution. Al Majalla explains.
A $500bn project involving key industry players is designed to build the gargantuan infrastructure needed to support the expansion of the AI revolution. For the US president, it is also about winning.
How much of the US president's rhetoric on trade translates into actual action will soon become clear, but there are risks to his tactics at home as well as worldwide
Palestinian death is increasingly being seen through the lens of cold political calculations. The world's silence over Gaza's horrors has drowned out the desperate screams of its people.
Although Tehran should understand by now that its hand is weak, it remains to be seen whether it can give up its fantasy of empire. Talks in Oman will be telling.
In Türkiye for talks and a conference, Syria's new president knows that there is much to do and many to satisfy if he is to rebuild his country. Amidst the smiles, those with agendas jostle.
With numbers so staggering and stories so harrowing, we can't say we don't know what's happening. More needs to be done to address what has become 'the world's largest displacement crisis'.