ANALYSIS

World | ANALYSIS Jul 21, 2023

Iraqi cleric Muqtada al-Sadr hints at comeback with torching of Swedish Embassy

by Ahmed Rasheed and Timour Azhari

By having his supporters torch the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad, the unpredictable Shiite cleric has dragged an administration run by his rivals into a diplomatic crisis.

Business / Tech | ANALYSIS Jul 20, 2023

Can Threads dethrone Twitter in Japan?

by Yukana Inoue

Netizens in Japan jumped onto the Threads bandwagon soon after its launch, but the honeymoon phase is beginning to end, experts say, with many Japanese users remaining on Twitter.