The World Today What do we do when everything online is fake? James Ball on the threat posed by the generation of fake news through artificial intelligence and how it risks undermining our trust in everything
The World Today How to rein in the web of lies Emily Taylor looks at attempts to regulate social media platforms
The World Today Al-Qaeda softens its tone but still wants blood Mina al-Lami notes a change of tactics as the jihadist group woos Arab protesters
The World Today Stalemate in Tripoli A stalled offensive and foreign interference could lead to a protracted war, warn Tim Eaton and Emadeddin Badi
The World Today ‘Brazil First’ simply won’t work Kai Enno Lehmann warns that a lack of leadership and foreign pressures are limiting policy options
The World Today Harnessing technology to revitalize democracy Hans Kundnani invites you to have your say as we open the black box of think-tank research
The World Today Distrust and verify Until recently the idea of regulating the internet was a heresy. Silicon Valley insisted that the web had to be free – and western politicians generally bought the libertarian argument. That has changed.
The World Today Lost in history July 1, 1979: Dorian Lynskey describes the joy unleashed by the Sony Walkman’s birth
The World Today Saving Syria’s broken children A doctor describes the challenges he and his colleagues face operating in a war zone
The World Today After the cyclones Bob Dewar on how the world should react to the destructive effects of climate change
The World Today Idai destroyed everything in her path Bruno Mourinho describes how the people of Mozambique stepped forward after cyclones struck
The World Today Big Brother Putin is watching us all Masha Karp on the 70th anniversary of the publication of Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four
The World Today How the international community faded away Bernd Debusmann on an overworked cliché that has lost any meaning
The World Today WT and FT student article competition winners The World Today and the Financial Times are pleased to announce that Kate Anderson, of Channing School, London, has been judged the winner of the inaugural World Today/FT student article competition.
The World Today Caroline Criado Perez, activist and writer The campaigner and author of ‘Invisible Women’ tells Agnes Frimston how the male bias in data collection is putting female lives at risk and needs to be countered
The World Today War zone optimist Burhan Wazir finds a study of how states cope with crisis rather frustrating
The World Today Persuasion in print John Rentoul appreciates advice on clear writing and spiking Bono’s copy
