Nepal’s UN speech was powerful in its portrayal of climate vulnerability but far less complete in explaining the forces behind it. Its strongest arguments about climate justice, broken supply chains and unequal
India is moving away from cheaper China-made high-speed cameras for highway tolls, citing security concerns, and is instead sourcing equipment from suppliers in the US, Germany, and Taiwan, according to people familiar
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The appointment of Adolf Hitler as chancellor of Germany in January 1933 remains one of the most scrutinized events of the twentieth century. In his latest book, Irresponsables, historian Johann Chapoutot delves
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Fatih Birol, the Turkish economist and executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), has issued stark warnings about the escalating global energy crisis as the Strait of Ormuz remains blocked, keeping
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by Our Correspondent in New Delhi From personal allegations to identity flashpoints and the rise of new political faces, the run-up to the 2026 Assam Assembly elections has been shaped by a
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In Malda, a man who has voted in every election since 1984—holding a ration card, an Aadhaar number, and a name listed on previous electoral rolls—was this year asked to prove that
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What began in the 1960s as a cooperative medical initiative has evolved into a critical source of revenue for the Cuban government, according to a report by the Inter-American Commission on Human
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US President Donald Trump has increasingly become unhinged as the war on Iran has not gone as he imagined. Both the United States and Israel felt that a series of domination strikes
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The likelihood of a planet-warming super El Niño is rising sharply, according to an updated forecast released Sunday by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts. The new outlook signals a high
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U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that he had agreed to a two-week ceasefire with Iran, marking a dramatic reversal just hours after issuing a stark ultimatum to Tehran. The deal
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This may be among the shortest of my posts, but it concerns an Iran-war-related development–one that’s ongoing–that hasn’t received the attention it deserves because the focus of most headlines has been on
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Back in 1995, I published my second book, Trust: The Social Virtues and the Creation of Prosperity. In it I argued that trust is among the most precious of social qualities, because it
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Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JP Morgan, has sounded a stark warning about the growing risks in private credit, signaling that the industry may be far more vulnerable than investors realize. In
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Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran’s newly appointed supreme leader, is reportedly unconscious and receiving medical treatment in the holy city of Qom, according to a diplomatic memo seen by Times UK. The document, understood
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To Lam has been unanimously elected state president of Vietnam, consolidating power in a way not seen in decades and marking a significant shift in the country’s political structure. According to reporting
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A sharp escalation in geopolitical tensions is driving a global fuel crisis, with gasoline and diesel prices surging across continents in the first quarter of 2026. The crisis has been fueled primarily
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