How to tame the tech titans
The dominance of Google, Facebook and Amazon is bad for consumers and competition NOT long ago, being the boss of a big Western tech firm was a dream job. As the billions rolled in,...
Category: International
How to stop countries sliding back into civil war
AS A child soldier in Sierra Leone in the 1990s, Eric Wolo smoked a brown powder that made him dizzy during the day, and took cocaine that kept him awake at night when he...
Mark Zuckerberg is fighting to save Facebook
If there’s one thing Mark Zuckerberg has consistently excelled at as Facebook’s CEO, it’s destroying his enemies. When Google (GOOGL) launched Google Plus, a rival social network, Zuckerberg put Facebook(FB) in a state of “lockdown” and informed employees that...
Oprah Winfrey for president? The idea reveals an uncomfortable truth – by Briahna Joy Gray
On Sunday night, Oprah Winfrey gave a stirring speech at the Golden Globes in which she inveighed against ubiquitous sexual abuse, warning abusers that “their time is up”. Many people appreciated the speech for...
Zuckerberg’s New Year resolution
Each January, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg rings in the New Year with a personal challenge, like learning Mandarin, running 365 miles, or building an artificially intelligent assistant for his home. His pledge for 2018, however, is...
Cash for kids
Subsidising parenthood appears to work wonders in Japan A patchwork of nondescript houses nestled at the foot of a mountain, Nagicho looks like an ordinary Japanese town. On closer inspection, something extraordinary marks it...
Eboue, not dead
Earlier today we published a story to the effect that Ivorian international, Emmanuel Eboue, was dead from suicide. We have since discovered that the story is untrue and Eboue is very much alive. Leofirms...
56-year-old Italian woman gives birth to baby naturally
A 56-year-old Italian woman from Treviso in Veneto has defied medical theory by giving birth to a baby without assisted fertility treatment. According to reports in the Italian press, the unidentified woman gave birth...
Behold, the world’s longest sea bridge!
China says it has completed the major work of the world’s longest sea bridge on schedule, after its lighting system was installed and tested. It took six years preparation, and eight years to build...
Africa’s chiefs are more trusted than its politicians
Traditional leaders have little formal power, so they have to earn trust Seated by the roadside in the Ghanaian town of Kyebi, Kwame Asiedu explains how for seven years he employed 500 people as...
