OpenAI has informed US lawmakers that Chinese AI startups may be using “model distillation” techniques to extract ...

Thousands of people were killed by Iranian security forces in days of protests in January 2026. Meanwhile, in the same month, the killing of two protesters in Minneapolis shone a light on the use of ...

A new Biden administration autopsy, based on internal assessments from many government insiders, has crystal clear lessons for the future. As President Trump’s consolidation of autocratic power gains ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The Venezuela attack represents the clearest example during Trump’s second presidency ...

Readers respond to a Times editorial detailing the country’s slide toward autocracy. To the Editor: Re “Are We Losing Our Democracy?” (editorial, Nov. 2): The editorial board’s sweeping catalog of the ...

Protests erupted in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, in October 2020 following disputed parliamentary elections. Only four political parties out of 16 had passed the threshold for entry into ...

Six months before she died, in October 2021, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright published a memorable essay in Foreign Affairs, “The Coming Democratic Revival.” Amid rising pessimism ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump began his second presidential term with an autocratic offensive aimed at consolidating power in his hands ...