Spain’s PM to seek longer but more flexible lockdown
Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Saturday he would ask parliament for a 15-day extension until May 9 of the lockdown imposed in one of the world’s worst coronavirus’…
Analysis
Democratic leaders win surge of approval during Covid-19 crisis
The approval ratings of democratic leaders around the world have soared during the coronavirus crisis, but political scientists say it will not last – and warn that populist opposition parties,…
Spiders eat more than 400 million tons of insects every year
Humans may believe they’re the ultimate carnivores — they do eat 400 million tons of meat and fish annually — but spiders are every much as voracious, if not more.…
Needed: Strategy, not slogans, to defeat the Islamic State
Today marks the 74th anniversary of Japan’s surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. That attack was designed to “shock and awe” an isolationist America into an early negotiated surrender after its…
Rockefeller-inspired climate action mobilizes $3.4 trillion
While UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and world leaders gather in Paris for the climate summit, the most challenging question is how find the trillions needed to save the world’s climate.…
