For generations of aspiring investors, Robert Kiyosaki’s name has been closely associated with a simple but provocative proposition: debt can be a tool for building wealth. His 1997 bestseller, Rich Dad, Poor
As temperatures have plummeted in recent weeks in Bangladesh, the capital Dhaka’s air quality has worsened to a large extent, creating untold suffering for millions of people in the megacity. Dhaka, which
More
The eighth continent is the Continent of Sleaze. You and I have never been there, only heard rumours about it. On that continent, there are rivers of money in which corporate executives
More
Several European Union countries have suspended the processing of asylum claims from Syrians, as the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s government sparks a policy rethink across the bloc. Germany has led the move,
More
Editorial Human Rights Day, December 10, on the surface, stands as a beacon of collective progress—a reminder of the ideals enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Yet, as we
More
by Our Special Correspondent The case at hand represents a dark and disturbing chapter in the long history of institutional misconduct. It is a tale that involves violence, intimidation, systemic failure,
More
Editorial Do you believe justice delayed is justice denied? If so, how do we define what has transpired since the fateful night of December 3, 1984, when a toxic gas leak from
More
A quiet panic has broken out within immigrant communities across the United States ahead of Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20, 2025. Mixed-status families are expecting to be separated, DACA recipients foresee their status being revoked,
More
In the aftermath of the devastation left behind in the wake of unprecedented floods, Nigeriens are rebuilding their livelihoods and economy with the help of several relief measures instituted by the government
More
The CIVICUS Monitor announced in a new report Wednesday that the main civic space violations across the Asia-Pacific were the crackdown on protests and the criminalisation of human rights defenders. The report, People Power Under Attack 2024,
More
Belgium has become the first country in Europe to grant full employment rights to sex workers, a move The Times describes as a landmark shift in recognizing prostitution as a legal form
More