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
Kathmandu is on edge not because of “apps,” but because a generation raised on the promise of democracy and mobility has collided with an economy and political order that keep shutting every
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“Is this how Rome treats its heroes?” These words echo across the Colosseum in Gladiator II. They are spoken by Acacius, a soldier who had given everything to Rome, only to be condemned
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by Our Correspondent in Doha Explosions rocked Doha, Qatar, today as Israel reportedly carried out an airstrike targeting senior Hamas leaders residing in the Gulf state. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) confirmed
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Starting in the 1990s, a new form of development was imposed on Latin American countries. In Brazil, the model of industrialization based on developmentalism, which had marked the country’s economic trajectory between
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On September 3, 2025, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs (UMHA), the Manipur Government, and representatives of two umbrella groupings of Kuki-Zo insurgent organisations – the Kuki National Organisation (KNO) and the
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On August 29, 2025, Kallu Tati (25), working as a Shikshadoot (temporary visiting teacher in government schools in remote villages, where permanent staff hesitate to work due to security risks), was abducted and killed
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At the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin on 1 September 2025, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping met and publicly framed the relationship as “partners, not
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Today, the United States and Sri Lanka officially launched PACIFIC ANGEL (Pac Angel) 25 at Katunayake Air Base, with U.S. Defense Attaché Lt. Col. Matthew House joining Sri Lanka Air Force leaders
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Newly declassified documents from the John F. Kennedy assassination records, released earlier this year and compiled by the National Security Archive, have unveiled a trove of covert CIA operations in Colombia during
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Editor’s Note: The following article is based on excerpts from an in-depth interview conducted by Christian Smith with George Friedman, chairman and founder of Geopolitical Futures. In the ever-shifting landscape of global
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The stage is set for a devastating attack on Sri Lanka at the 60th session of the Human Rights Council (HRC), in Geneva, on 08 September. The 47-member HRC, dominated by Western
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Historical anniversaries often provide the backdrop for diplomacy to become spectacle. This week’s Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin was deliberately staged ahead of China’s grand parade marking 80 years since
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This article was originally published by the China Academy. – Editors On September 3rd, China held a grand military parade in Beijing. Western media such as the BBC immediately focused on the ballistic missiles,
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13 August 2025 marked what would have been the 99th birthday of Cuban revolutionary Fidel Castro. It also marks the beginning of year-long celebrations for his centenary. Castro is known as many
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This is the second of a series of articles exploring APEC, the trajectory we have traveled, our current political conjuncture, and the way forward. Our first article was entitled “What is APEC?”
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