Self-compassion articles

  • Tesla reaches deals in China on self-driving cars

    BEIJING >> Tesla has concluded a series of arrangements with regulators and a Chinese artificial intelligence company during a quick trip to Beijing on Sunday and Monday by Elon Musk, the carmaker’s CEO, potentially clearing the way for the company to offer its most advanced self-driving software on cars in China.
  • OPINION: Durkan: Tackling addiction requires compassion and collaboration

    Sadly, I see the impact of addiction coming through my office doors on a daily basis- the bereaved parents whose lives have been shattered, the individuals in the throes of addiction placed in emergency housing far from their support network and young people at rock bottom, feeling they’ve nowhere else to turn. The escalation both in severity and volume of cases has been heart-breaking to bear witness to. At the moment, there are too many vulnerable people falling through the gaps of addiction...
  • The Big Bang: Israel’s Path to Self-Destruction

    In striking at the Iranian consulate in Damascus on April 1 Bibi Netanyahu has made himself an April Fool. Israel has been bombing Syria for years with no provocation or retaliation by Syria. For years it has bombed its airports which disrupted humanitarian aid to Syria’s civilian population who were suffering in its long civil war. Iran responded to the Israeli strike on its Damascus consulate by asking its allies, the Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen and Hamas in Gaza, to refrain...