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
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of Turkey, now entering his third decade in power, continues to demonstrate a remarkable appetite for influence. With his 71st birthday approaching, Erdoğan declared 2025 as “the year
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As the second-largest republic of the former USSR, possessing everything from tank and rocket factories and top research institutes and engaging in intimately close intelligence cooperation with Russia, Ukraine became a virtual
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In an exclusive interview with Axios, Jake Sullivan, departing as White House national security adviser, issued a stark and urgent warning about the future of artificial intelligence (AI). With only days left
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Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, found himself at the center of controversy on Friday after Democratic senators accused him of using his substantial donation to Donald Trump’s inauguration fund to gain favor
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In a landmark ruling on 17 January 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States upheld the constitutionality of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, which effectively bans the
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As billions in taxpayer funds are funneled into foreign aid for Ukraine and Israel, the healthcare systems in both the United Kingdom and the United States are showing alarming signs of collapse.
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by Luxman Aravind Political history reeks of betrayal, greed, and a lust for power that knows no shame. Leaders who rise as voices of justice often crumble into puppets of the very
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by A Special Correspondent When I first walked into the office at The Commonwealth of Learning, I had no idea that I would be stepping into a battle—a battle not just for
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by Sachin Sri Claudia Seymour’s The Myth of International Protection: War and Survival in Congo is a searing indictment of the international community’s pretensions of humanitarianism, a harrowing ethnography that exposes the
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by Durga Velayudham in Toronto In Eva Dou’s meticulously constructed House of Huawei: The Secret History of China’s Most Powerful Company, the narrative is one of dualities: innovation juxtaposed with controversy, ascension
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Adam LeBor’s The Last Days of Budapest: Spies, Nazis, Rescuers and Resistance is an evocative and unflinching examination of one of history’s most tumultuous moments, a harrowing narrative set against the crumbling
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Silicon Valley-based defence start-up, Shield AI, has raised approximately $200 million in a new funding round, propelling its valuation to $5 billion. The company, which develops artificial intelligence-powered software for autonomous aircraft
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A SpaceX Starship rocket exploded shortly after lift-off from Texas, marking a significant setback for the Elon Musk-led company just hours after a successful maiden launch by its rival, Blue Origin. The
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Scott Bessent, nominated by Donald Trump to be the next U.S. Treasury Secretary, told U.S. senators in a heated confirmation hearing on Thursday that failing to extend the tax cuts introduced during
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European automakers, particularly Volkswagen, are facing the potential of paying substantial sums to Chinese electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers for carbon credits, as they struggle to meet the European Union’s (EU) 2025 emissions
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