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Universities race to adapt as AI reshapes student assessment▪ Football’s New Battlefront: Bodies, Power and the World Cup’s Credibility▪ AI regulation should not wait for a crisis▪ AI competition turns geopolitical as US, China court the world▪ Why Congress should slow down, not surrender, on AI▪ Global rate hikes signal a harder inflation fight▪
Breaking
Universities race to adapt as AI reshapes student assessment
From oral exams to closed-book tests, campuses are changing how they judge learning as students and employers navigate an AI-saturated future.
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Universities race to adapt as AI reshapes student assessment

From oral exams to closed-book tests, campuses are changing how they judge learning as students and employers navigate an AI-saturated future.

FluxNews · Analysis
Analysis

A Fractured World, and No Easy Off-Ramp

War, trade, AI, and climate shocks converged on a week that exposed the limits of global coordination.

7 JUN
Analysis

A World of Friction, No Easy Off-Ramp

War, elections, markets, AI, and energy all moved at once — and none moved cleanly.

6 JUN
Analysis

F1’s 2026 rules tweaks show sport trying to balance speed and safety

Formula 1 has approved changes to race distances, wet-race timing and 2027 engine-related rules as teams also shape their final 2026 upgrades.

27 SEP
Analysis

F1 Braces for Shorter Races as 2027 Rules Take Shape

Formula 1 teams have accepted a series of regulatory tweaks for 2027, including shorter Grands Prix and new limits on disrupted races.

27 SEP
Analysis

Health’s Quiet Revolution: Breakthroughs, Boundaries and the Evidence We Still Need

From adolescent alopecia treatment to precision cancer biology, the latest discoveries show medicine advancing through targeted gains rather than grand promises.

26 SEP
Analysis

China’s Taiwan Red Line Tests the Limits of Trump’s Diplomacy

Beijing is pressing Washington for a change in language and policy, while Taipei warns that ambiguity could weaken deterrence and increase the risk of miscalculation.

25 SEP

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Football’s New Battlefront: Bodies, Power and the World Cup’s Credibility
Sport

Football’s New Battlefront: Bodies, Power and the World Cup’s Credibility

27 SEP · 4 min
AI regulation should not wait for a crisis
Opinion

AI regulation should not wait for a crisis

27 SEP · 4 min
AI competition turns geopolitical as US, China court the world
Analysis

AI competition turns geopolitical as US, China court the world

27 SEP · 4 min
Why Congress should slow down, not surrender, on AI
Opinion

Why Congress should slow down, not surrender, on AI

27 SEP · 3 min
Special Report

Midterms 2026

The battle for Congress — the map, the money, and the races that will define the next two years.

Enter the dossier →
Opinion

AI regulation should not wait for a crisis

Opinion

Why Congress should slow down, not surrender, on AI

Monde

Trump’s Economy Is Colliding With Reality

Monde

Latin America’s Democratic Stress Test Begins in Brazil

Société

The New Machinery of Lies: How AI Is Supercharging Disinformation

Special Report

Trump, Year Two

Executive power, the courts and the economy — a critical ledger, every figure on the record.

Read the ledger →
Géopolitique

China’s Taiwan Red Line Tests the Limits of Trump’s Diplomacy

Monde

Trump’s Economy Is Colliding With Reality

Monde

America’s Mirage of Prosperity: Trump’s Economy Meets Reality

Monde

Trump’s “Roaring” Economy Hits a Rough Patch

Opinion.

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AI regulation should not wait for a crisis
Opinion

AI regulation should not wait for a crisis

27 SEP · 4 min
Why Congress should slow down, not surrender, on AI
Opinion

Why Congress should slow down, not surrender, on AI

27 SEP · 3 min

Analysis.

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AI competition turns geopolitical as US, China court the world
Analysis

AI competition turns geopolitical as US, China court the world

27 SEP · 4 min
Global rate hikes signal a harder inflation fight
Analysis

Global rate hikes signal a harder inflation fight

27 SEP · 4 min