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
Kim Aris, the son of Myanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, has voiced fears that he may not even know if his 80-year-old mother is still alive. Speaking to Reuters,
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For one week in November, Facebook and Instagram users around the world were shown advertisements promising a 10% weekly return on investments, an implausible figure that would translate into annual gains exceeding
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The chief executive of Oxfam has stepped down after trustees concluded that allegations of bullying and misconduct had caused an irretrievable breakdown in trust, marking the latest crisis for one of Britain’s
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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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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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When a loved one is taken hostage, the violence extends far beyond the moment of capture. In their Issue Brief published by The Soufan Center, Media and Communications Considerations in Contemporary Hostage-Taking:
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s rise to power has created a facade in India’s social fabric, as the plural essence of the Indian society is seriously undermined. Genocide Watch claims that there
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The UN Special Rapporteur on torture, Alice Jill Edwards, has issued a stark warning to Pakistan, urging immediate action after receiving reports that former Prime Minister Imran Khan is being held in
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On February 26, 1852, the HMS Birkenhead struck a cluster of rocks off the coast of South Africa. With only a few lifeboats for the 638 people aboard, Captain Robert Salmond ordered the women
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Editorial Today is Human Rights Day — at least 48,384 civilians were recorded killed in conflict zones in 2024; 1.1 billion people live in acute multidimensional poverty worldwide, of whom some 455
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