The UK’s seemingly endless supply of fresh fruit and vegetables may be heading for a difficult test. A powerful El Niño climate pattern developing in the tropical Pacific is threatening to disrupt
The arrest of a 19-year-old Norwegian in a hotel room in northern England has cast fresh light on a growing security concern across Europe: the convergence of organized crime, proxy warfare, and
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Europe’s terrorist threat landscape is undergoing a significant transformation, moving away from the era of large-scale attacks orchestrated by internationally connected extremist organizations and toward a more diffuse, complex, and difficult-to-detect pattern
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French rabbi and author Delphine Horvilleur has said that Jews “have learned from history that they will never find peace,” in a wide-ranging interview published by El País, where she reflects on
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The United States has moved to sharply restrict access to some of the world’s most advanced artificial intelligence systems, triggering a sweeping suspension by Anthropic of its flagship models Fable 5 and
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Cuba has presented what officials describe as its most extensive economic opening package in decades, unveiling a set of reforms intended to address a prolonged national crisis affecting energy production, tourism, agriculture,
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A Moroccan social media influencer has been imprisoned after authorities say he published a video showing the killing, butchering, cooking, and eating of a stray dog during the Muslim celebration of Eid
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China has expressed strong opposition to a decision by the United States Defense Department to include several prominent Chinese companies on its updated list of firms it alleges are linked to China’s
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A luxury resort project in southern Albania involving international investors including Jared Kushner is facing escalating controversy after villagers alleged that parts of the development are being built on land that was
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An Indian pollution regulator has alleged that wastewater discharged from a Tata Electronics factory supplying Apple’s iPhone components has contaminated groundwater used by nearby farmland, according to a regulatory notice reviewed by
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by Our Economic Affairs Editor If you read markets today as anything other than a speculative mirror reflecting its own adrenaline, you are not paying attention—or worse, you are being paid not
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The image of bank robberies once defined public perceptions of financial crime: masked figures, armed raids, and dramatic escapes. Today, that image has been replaced by a quieter but far more pervasive
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by Durga Velayudham Suresh Sallay is now a detention case the state cannot bury under procedure, and the UN Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture arriving in Sri Lanka between 15 and 24
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The United Nations Subcommittee on Prevention of Torture (SPT) is scheduled to return to Sri Lanka from 15 to 24 June, marking its first visit to the country in seven years, to
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The informal grouping known as the “Dumpling Alliance” emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic as a shorthand for a cluster of Eastern European states that deepened political and symbolic support for Taiwan. Coined
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The United States Navy littoral combat ship USS Canberra (LCS 30) arrived at the Port of Colombo on June 12, the U.S. Embassy in Sri Lanka announced, marking another scheduled stop in
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