Nepal’s UN speech was powerful in its portrayal of climate vulnerability but far less complete in explaining the forces behind it. Its strongest arguments about climate justice, broken supply chains and unequal
Hong Kong media tycoon and pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai Chee-ying was found guilty on Monday of collusion with foreign forces and sedition in a closely watched national security trial that critics say
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A joint investigation by Bellingcat and Lloyd’s List has identified Saudi Arabia as the latest country to import grain shipped directly from a Western-sanctioned port in occupied Crimea, underscoring Russia’s continued efforts
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On December 12, 2025, Prime Minister of Bulgaria Rosen Zhelyazkov resigned after protesters took to the streets in cities across the country and filled the centre of the capital Sofia in the
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Editorial The World Inequality Report 2026 does not merely describe a malfunctioning global economy; it indicts it. What emerges from its data is not an unfortunate imbalance or a temporary distortion, but
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Europe’s top law enforcement agency has issued a stark warning about the growing risks posed by AI-powered social robots, including the potential for exploitation in child grooming and other criminal activities. The
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President Donald Trump is facing sharp criticism from key allies after signing the “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for AI” executive order, a sweeping directive aimed at establishing federal control over artificial
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Inequality remains deeply entrenched across South Asia and China, according to the recently published World Inequality Report 2026, with vast gaps in income and wealth and persistent gender disparities. In India, inequality
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Springer Nature, one of the world’s largest academic publishers, is facing criticism after a newly released book on AI ethics was found to contain numerous questionable and potentially fabricated citations. The book,
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor The dissolution of Hong Kong’s Democratic Party marks not just the end of a political organisation, but the symbolic death of institutionalised democracy in the city. After
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Legal services revenue in the United Kingdom has surged by 65 per cent over the past ten years, with income from British lawyers increasing more than 10 per cent in just the
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Updated Story: Australia is reeling after a devastating mass shooting at Bondi Beach on Sunday claimed the lives of at least 16 people, including a Holocaust survivor, a young French professional exploring
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has delivered an advanced Surface-to-Air Python and Derby, known as the SPYDER Air Defense System, to Kenyan President William Ruto in a move aimed at strengthening Kenya’s
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A growing number of Chinese billionaires are turning to the United States to father dozens of children through surrogacy, according to a Wall Street Journal investigation. Videogame executive Xu Bo, who claims
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by Our Foreign Affairs Editor The publication of China’s Arms Control, Disarmament, and Nonproliferation in the New Era in the last week of November is less a routine policy disclosure than a
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by Eric How did the world’s most advanced economy allow its crown jewels to slip quietly into the hands of a strategic rival? When did free trade mutate into a one-way transfer
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