Doha, Qatar – Diplomats whizzing around the globe. Hush-hush meetings, often never made public. For centuries, the art of conflict mediation has relied on nuanced human skills: from elements as simple as how to make eye contact and listen carefully to detecting shifts in emotions and subtle signals from opponents. Now, a growing set of entrepreneurs and experts are pitching a dramatic new set of tools into the world...

EXPLAINER The number of Palestinians killed in Israel’s war on Gaza is nearing 30,000 while children are suffering from malnutrition and dehydration. Here’s how things stand on Thursday, February 29, 2024: Fighting and humanitarian crisis Israeli air strikes killed at least 25 people in the Nuseirat and Bureij camps in central Gaza overnight, the Palestinian Wafa news agency reported. Two hospitals in northern Gaza have no fuel to run generators...

India’s entertainment market is already one of the world’s biggest, with the merger expected to further shake up the multibillion-dollar industry. India’s Reliance Industries and Walt Disney of the United States have announced the merger of their India TV and streaming media assets, creating an $8.5bn entertainment powerhouse far ahead of rivals in the world’s most populous nation. Reliance, led by Asia’s richest man Mukesh Ambani, will inject...