This month, like every year, the United Nations General Assembly takes place. Heads of State take the floor to send messages to the world. These messages are broadcast on TV, transcribed, and
Six Months of War Between Sudan’s Security Forces Has Cost Thousands of Lives and Displaced Millions
Over 5.3 million have been displaced in the war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which entered the sixth month on September 15. Over a million
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Against the backdrop of a soaring cost-of-living crisis in Nigeria, students at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) held another protest this week to demand the withdrawal of a major hike in mandatory
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In an advancement towards mutual cooperation, the governments of Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have formed the Alliance of Sahel States (AES). The move was finalized with the signing of the Liptako-Gourma
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On September 15, 13,000 of the approximately 146,000 UAW members who work at the Big Three auto companies walked off the job in three assembly plants in Michigan, Ohio, and Missouri. This
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The United States today announced the commitment of more than US $19 million in additional funds to further the development of Sri Lanka, in a ceremony at the Sri Lanka Ministry of
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As a part of her visit to Sri Lanka, Speaker of Bangladesh Parliament Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, MP today met the Speaker of Sri Lanka Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena and also paid a
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The bright and sunny afternoon turned overcast 10 minutes before the scheduled start. Once the Asia Cup final finally got going after a 40-minute delay, a capacity crowd at the R. Premadasa
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The VOICE referendum which will be held on the 14th of October, is being unnecessarily politicized and wantonly turned into a divisive one. Originally, when the Australian Prime Minister made the proposition
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by Saurav Sarkar Renowned Filipina journalist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa was cleared in mid-September 2023 of the last of the tax evasion charges levied against her by the Filipino
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by Saurav Sarkar Red wine coursed through the town of São Lourenço do Bairro, Portugal, on September 10. Two tanks at a nearby distillery had burst, leading to about 581,000 gallons of
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by Saurav Sarkar On September 6, the Mexican Supreme Court ruled that federal laws criminalizing abortion are unconstitutional, reported The Guardian. Congress must now pass laws that remove the procedure from the penal
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by Saurav Sarkar The United Auto Workers (UAW), the union that represents hundreds of thousands of U.S. auto workers, academic workers, and others, is striking the so-called “Big 3” car companies: General
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by Saurav Sarkar “Democracy Now!” reported that the mayor of Derna, which sits on the Mediterranean in northeastern Libya, has said the final death toll from storm-related floods in Libya might reach as
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Even after toiling hard for an entire year, Shivaji Rao, a 37-year-old farmer, would find it hard to cover the basic expenses of his family. He cultivates maize from his one-and-a-half-acre land
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El Salvador’s efforts to improve the educational level in the country seem to be falling short, with rundown schools, especially in rural areas, and little progress in overcoming illiteracy. In almost a
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