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
On 8 July, the European Parliament approved Bulgaria’s entry into the eurozone by a large majority. Through this vote, Bulgaria – a country of six and a half million inhabitants in Eastern
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by Our Correspondent in Washington DC Mossad Chief David Barnea visited Washington this week to seek U.S. backing for a controversial Israeli plan to deport large numbers of Palestinians from the Gaza
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Foreign Policy journal published an article last week by Tim Weiner, author of Legacy of Ashes, with the title, When the Threat Is Inside the White House: What CIA insiders make of the MAGA moles and
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President Dissanayake’s forthcoming official visit to the Maldives comes at a time that demands not ceremony, but sober reflection and strategic recalibration. It holds particular significance as the Maldives prepares to mark
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Juliana Lumumba, daughter of Congolese independence hero Patrice Lumumba, has underscored her father’s enduring impact on the global anti-colonial movement in a recent interview with Russia Today. She emphasized that his legacy
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China’s carmakers are rapidly reshaping the global automotive landscape, and by 2030, they are on track to capture a third of the world’s car market — a leap from just over one-fifth
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Days after meeting with former U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House, Nvidia Corp. CEO Jensen Huang was greeted with applause on a stage in Beijing, marking his third trip to
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Afghanistan remains on a knife-edge. Looming famine, widespread malnutrition, and the forced repatriation of refugees are signs not of a nation in crisis — but one already collapsed, hollowed out to its
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US-Brazil relations have been heating up for a bit, but President Donald Trumpratcheted up the temperature on the Lula administration a week ago when he announced that the United States would slap
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I decided to spend part of my 4th of July weekend in Fantasy Park. I’d heard about the new Be the Dictator ride and couldn’t resist. Although the line was extremely long,
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A little over a week ago, the Guadalupe River in the Texas Hill Country went berserk, as rivers sometimes do in this area, killing some 130 people. Well over a hundred are
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A secret meeting between representatives of Prince Harry and King Charles III has reignited speculation of a possible reconciliation within the fractured royal family — though, fittingly, the summit itself became the
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Port Sudan, once a neutral bastion in the Horn of Africa, is now the frontline in a growing proxy war between two of the Middle East’s most powerful players: Turkey and the
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As the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission (TLHRC) prepares to convene its hearing on “Pakistan: Ongoing Political Repression” on July 15, 2025, much attention has turned to Syed Zulfi Bukhari’s testimony. Bukhari,
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Indian External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar’s visit to China—the first in five years—has drawn significant attention as a potential turning point in China-India relations. At the invitation of Chinese Foreign Minister Wang
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