The Beat Venezuela’s “worthless” 100-bolivar note Venezuela’s Present Nicolas Maduro has announced that the 100-bolivar note will be taken out of circulation by 15 December, and replaced with new coins and bills ranging from 500 to …
The US election postmortem continued this week, and no doubt will for many weeks to come. Through front pages and Twitter feeds, readers have been pummelled by a veritable avalanche of analysis, which we won’t …
There are only a couple of weeks left until the New York City presidential derby. The read of the week unfolded in the Fairfax press, with Peter Hartcher’s three-part series United Fates, which covers off …
The Beat It’s all about that face Georgetown University’s Center on Privacy & Technology recently released an investigatory report (PDF) on the growing use of facial recognition systems in law enforcement. Among the key findings …
The Beat Turkey’s coup shockwaves reverberate Almost three months have lapsed since Turkey’s failed 15 July coup d’état and its ramifications are still ongoing. On Monday, Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmuş announced that the Turkish …