The Latest Mpox Emergency Was Entirely Avoidable
The World Health Organization declared the last mpox global emergency over in May 2023. And just over a year later, here we are again. Since the start of 2024, a deadlier, more transmissible strain of...
28 Aug 202413min
Humans and AI Bots Blur in the World's Call Center Capital
Call centers in the Philippines, the world’s second-biggest outsourcing center after India, are embracing artificial intelligence - and it’s radically changing what it looks and sounds like to work th...
27 Aug 202416min
Powell Says Rates Are Coming Down: How Low Will They Go?
The time has finally come for a rate cut. That was the takeaway of Fed Chair Jerome Powell's remarks in Jackson Hole on Friday when he let the world know to expect a cut at the next Fed meeting in S...
26 Aug 202416min
Inside Southeast Asia’s Most Notorious Crime Hub
A Chinese businessman persuaded officials to establish a special economic zone in a remote part of Laos. The gamblers arrived first. Then came the drug runners, human traffickers and scammers.On today...
22 Aug 202418min
Has Burning Man Burned Out?
For the first time in more than a decade, Burning Man has not sold out. The gathering prides itself on its counter-cultural roots, and draws tens of thousands of people to the Nevada desert every yea...
21 Aug 202415min
80% of What We Buy Goes Through Ports. They’re Changing, Fast
Ports often make the news when they break: like the bridge collapse that shut down Baltimore's port earlier this year. But every day, ports in cities around the world keep supply chains humming and fe...
20 Aug 202415min
What Would It Take to Rebuild Gaza?
After ten months of fighting in the Gaza Strip, Israel and Hamas could be close to a cease-fire deal. As of Monday afternoon, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that Israel had agreed to a ceas...
19 Aug 202415min
ETFs, Explained
There is nearly $13 trillion invested in exchange-traded funds, or ETFs. ETFs that mirror the S&P 500. ETFs for gold. ETFs for bitcoin. There’s even a Vegan ETF. How did this market get so big and var...
16 Aug 202416min
