White House press secretary Katie Zacharia has acknowledged that she failed the California bar exam after previously telling reporters she had passed one when she moved to China, prompting renewed scrutiny of
French President Emmanuel Macron has raised fresh alarms about the future of the Group of 20, suggesting the international economic forum may be “reaching the end of a cycle.” Speaking at the
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What began as a local dispute in Nottinghamshire, England, has become a cautionary tale about the creeping restrictions on press freedom worldwide. Council leader Mick Barton of the right-wing Reform UK party
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Pope Leo has accepted the resignation of Bishop Rafael Zornoza of Spain, who is under investigation for an alleged sexual abuse case involving a teenage boy in the 1990s. The bishop, who
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European and other Western leaders met on the sidelines of the G20 summit in South Africa on Saturday to coordinate their response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s controversial peace plan for Ukraine,
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In a devastating attack on St Mary’s Catholic School in north-central Nigeria’s Niger State, armed men abducted 303 schoolchildren and 12 teachers on Friday, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) reported. The
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Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has rebuffed demands from Beijing to retract her recent remarks regarding Taiwan, insisting that Tokyo’s stance on responding to a major regional security crisis remains unchanged, Bloomberg
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The military regime has launched a sweeping crackdown on cybercrime hubs along the Thai-Myanmar border, following directives from junta leader Min Aung Hlaing and mounting international pressure, sources told Reuters. A day
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Colombian President Gustavo Petro has sparked a political and media storm after releasing his full bank and credit card statements in an effort to rebut claims from former US President Donald Trump
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Ukraine’s government moved quickly on Friday to deny U.S. assertions that Kyiv had agreed to the outline of a 28-point peace plan drafted by the Trump administration. The proposal, reviewed by Reuters,
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Britain has unveiled a fleet of autonomous sea drones designed to track and monitor Russian spy ships in its waters, the defence secretary announced during the opening of a new factory in
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A sweeping Financial Times investigation has revealed that tuna sold by major UK supermarkets is being sourced from fisheries where migrant crews report violence, forced labour, withheld pay and inhumane working conditions.
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Chinese and Indian banks and refineries—long key buyers of Russian crude—are beginning to adjust their operations in response to U.S. sanctions on Russia’s two largest oil companies, Lukoil and Rosneft, a U.S.
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China’s sweeping summer exercises along its southern coast have revealed a dramatic shift in the country’s war-preparation playbook: the large-scale use of civilian ferries and cargo ships to simulate a mass amphibious
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Tunisian journalists rallied near government offices on Thursday to protest mounting restrictions on the media, calling for the release of detained colleagues and vowing that increasing repression will not silence the press.
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A new report from the Center for Global Development (CGD) warns that many of the world’s wealthiest nations—including the United States and Japan—are pulling back from their roles as global development leaders.
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