United Nations human rights experts have condemned the arrest, alleged enforced disappearance and detention of six Egyptian journalists who make up the entire newsroom of the independent investigative media platform Matsadaash, warning
Russia is actively attempting to jam UK military satellites on a frequent basis, according to the head of UK Space Command, underscoring the growing risks of space-based conflict. Major General Paul Tedman
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British spy agencies had long feared a potential attack on home soil following the October 7 Hamas raid in Israel, a concern that has now intensified in the wake of Thursday’s Manchester
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Australia has embarked on a historic A$25 billion defence spending spree, ordering fleets of autonomous aircraft and submarines, Japanese-designed frigates, and transforming a key shipyard as part of the country’s most ambitious
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China has opened a new front in its technological competition with the United States by introducing a visa scheme aimed at attracting young science graduates from abroad, The Times reports. The so-called
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BYD, China’s leading electric vehicle maker, reported its first monthly sales decline in 19 months in September, as domestic demand cooled and regulators clamped down on aggressive price competition, the Financial Times
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Australia’s rapidly expanding superannuation sector could exacerbate financial stress during a severe market disruption, the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) warned in its latest Financial Stability Review, Bloomberg reports. Superannuation funds, the
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South Korea is considering moving forward with a new security agreement with the United States before concluding stalled trade negotiations, the country’s foreign minister told reporters, Bloomberg reports. Foreign Minister Cho Hyun
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Japan is poised to get its second prime minister in just over a year when the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) holds a leadership election on Oct. 4, Bloomberg reports. The race
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The news of Assata Shakur’s death in Havana, Cuba, on September 26, was met with a deep sense of shared loss among revolutionaries and activists worldwide. Shortly after, at a gathering in
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In August 1971, Richard Nixon announced the suspension of the dollar’s convertibility into gold. This closed a cycle that had begun with the Bretton Woods agreements, which gave the United States —the
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A Chinese court has sentenced 11 members of one of the region’s most notorious crime families to death for running large-scale scam operations across Myanmar, according to The Times UK. The Ming
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Across the globe, adults-only spaces are on the rise. In South Korea, hundreds of cafés have declared themselves “no-kids zones.” In Japan, websites map districts where noisy children are unwelcome. Spain’s adults-only
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An auction of nearly one million carats of diamonds in Botswana has collapsed, the latest sign of turmoil in the global precious stones trade. The failed sale underscores the growing challenges faced
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French President Emmanuel Macron and his wife, Brigitte, have expanded their libel case against American conservative commentator Candace Owens, accusing her of intensifying false claims about the first lady’s gender in order
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North Korea has reaffirmed it will never abandon its nuclear arsenal, with a senior official declaring the weapons essential to the country’s survival during a rare speech before the United Nations General
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