AT 9:30AM ON January 17th, José Aldemar Rojas arrived at General Santander police academy in Bogotá in a car packed with 80kg of explosives. He drove through a cargo entrance and headed towards the heart of the compound. Details are still emerging, but it seems that when policemen tried to stop him, he reversed and…
Daan Roosegaarde is on a mission to make humanity “future proof.” He’s not trying to save the planet; he says the planet will save itself. Humans, on the other hand, need a little help. A designer from the Netherlands could be our unlikely savior. “A lot of the problems we’re facing—rising sea levels, air pollution—are,…
Facebook's privacy nightmare may be about to get worse. According to a new report from The Washington Post published Friday, regulators at the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) are considering hitting Facebook with a "record-setting" fine over user-privacy concerns. There's no word yet on exactly how big this record-breaking fine might be, but The Washington…
NO PLAN BY any modern British government has been so soundly thrashed as the Brexit deal thrown out by Parliament on January 15th. The withdrawal agreement, the centrepiece of Theresa May’s premiership, which she has spent nearly two years hammering out with the European Union, was rejected after five days’ debate by 432 votes to…
Netflix reported its fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday, whiffing slightly on revenue but beating company guidance and Wall Street estimates for global paid-net-subscriber additions. Netflix also beat on earnings per share. Netflix added 8.8 million paid subscribers globally, rising to 139 million. The results came just days after Netflix unleashed its biggest price hike ever, which…
PEOPLE HAVE been talking about the collapse of the British party system for decades. Now it may actually be under way. The government has lost its authority. Parties are dissolving into factions. Factions are forming left-right alliances. Backbenchers are seizing the limelight while frontbenchers are hiding in the bushes. Theresa May’s historic defeat on January…
While the 2018 midterms were a record-breaking election for women, the trend had its exceptions: Every woman with kids under two years old who ran for Congress lost. One of those unsuccessful candidates was Democrat Liuba Grechen Shirley, who challenged Peter King in New York. Now, her new mission is to make sure that doesn’t…
We're 26 days into the record-breaking US government shutdown, and while most economists agree it will weigh on US economic growth, the chorus of warnings about doomsday scenarios is getting louder. Government shutdowns have typically lasted a few days or a couple of weeks, but the fight between President Donald Trump and Democrats appears set…
ON JANUARY 15th Britain’s prime minister, Theresa May, lost the parliamentary vote on her Brexit deal by the huge margin of 230 votes, the largest-ever defeat for a ruling party. Some 118 Tory MPs seem to have defied their party whip to oppose the deal, one of the biggest-ever such rebellions. Coming after five days…
[This article has been updated to reflect the results of the vote in Parliament on Jan. 15.] LONDON — After delays, stumbles and negotiations, Prime Minister Theresa May finally presented her plan for Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union to Parliament. Then, on Tuesday, British lawmakers resoundingly rejected it, 432 to 202. It was one…
