by Saurav Sarkar A Ugandan law passed in March that makes some same-sex relations punishable by death has its second captive. A 20-year-old man who had sex with a 41-year-old man has been charged
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by Saurav Sarkar Voters in Australia will decide through a referendum on October 14, 2023, whether or not to create a representative body for Indigenous peoples of Australia, reported Reuters. The new body
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On August 22, the U.S. State Department renewed its ban on the use of U.S. passports for travel to North Korea. This travel ban prohibits as many as 100,000 Korean Americans living in the United States
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Sadiq Dar, 68, is surprised how the heavy siltation of Wular Lake has turned many of its areas into land masses. “When we were growing up, we would only see water in
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Emigrating from Cuba was an agonizing decision for Ana Iraida. She left behind family and friends; in her backpack, she carried many hopes, but also the fear of facing dangers on the
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Located in northwestern Colombia, the Bosque de Niebla is home to 154 species of plants, 120 bird species, 21 species of mammals, 16 water springs, and five hectares of wetlands. Forming part
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According to a family planning brief, more than 370 million women in middle- and low-income countries were finally embracing modern contraception to help curb unintended pregnancies. This statistic suggests that one in every
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The following excerpts are adapted from the authors’ recent book, The Age of Prediction, published by MIT Press Humanity has entered a new era. We are now living in a world that
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Nearly 200 representatives from governments, businesses, academics, and non-governmental organizations in the Asia-Pacific region gathered here for a high-level dialogue on green transition. At the Boao Forum for Asia (BFA) Perth Conference
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In a startling turn of events, a newly released video featuring Yevgeny Prigozhin, purportedly recorded in Africa, has surfaced, shedding light on his condition and the threats he faced before his untimely
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Nixon pulls the plug By the end of President Richard Nixon’s first year in office, 1969, the U.S. economy had again gone into recession. In order to combat the downturn, U.S. interest
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On the last day of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, the five founding states (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) welcomed six new members: Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and
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Whenever a country’s social contract unravels, conditions become ripe for rumors and absurdities to circulate. Even when these are outrageous and obviously nonsensical, they can give expression to a people’s deepest fears
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A heavily armed Russian caterer named Prigozhin with a bunch of former jailbirds grandly known as ‘the Wagner Group’ has enthralled the media ever since these mercenaries got marginally involved in the
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The tranquility of the serene hillside in Qinzhou, nestled in south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, has been replaced by the persistent reverberations of dredgers, excavators, and dump trucks, serving as a
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