The world is on course to miss its 2030 target for ending extreme poverty, with 826 million people already affected. Experts warn that widening inequality, war, declining aid and political inaction are
Since September 2025, a surge of unidentified drone incursions has swept across 10 European nations, including Denmark, Norway, Germany, Poland, Latvia, Romania, France, Belgium, Estonia, and the Netherlands, targeting airports, military bases,
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Spoiler alert – it already has. This is not a glib answer but a comment on the nature of the conflict. The US mission to wrench Venezuela’s Bolivarian Revolution out from its
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On October 7, 2025, the seventh Moscow Format meeting convened in Moscow, marking a significant step in regional diplomacy on Afghanistan. Attended by representatives from Russia, China, India, Iran, Pakistan, and Central
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Summary: In the age of AI-assisted writing, traditional essays no longer guarantee genuine learning. Martina Moneke argues that students should engage in one-hour, one-on-one conversations with instructors about major course topics, ideally
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Decades from now, our current moment will appear as a moment of great change: seismic shifts are parting the way to a multipolar world. In response, the Trump administration is waging global
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In the Jean-Jacques Annaud film based on William Craig’s 1973 nonfiction book Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad, Nikita Khrushchev, immediately after arriving in Stalingrad front as the new principal commissar, deputed by
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Argentina’s Congress delivered a significant blow to President Javier Milei on Wednesday, voting overwhelmingly to restrict his ability to govern by decree, marking the latest setback for the right-wing leader. The lower
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India’s central bank has significantly stepped up interventions in offshore currency markets in a bid to stabilize the rupee, Bloomberg reported, citing sources familiar with the matter. Over the past two to
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I have a longtime friend whom I’ve known since my college days, who made his money as an investor and entrepreneur at the edge of the tech world. One constant about him
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China is set to tighten restrictions on rare earth minerals, extending export controls to items manufactured abroad that use materials sourced from the country. The move marks an escalation in tensions between
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“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” — George Santayana History is not a distant tale embalmed in the sepia of old photographs; it is a living, breathing
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by Our Correspondents Washington DC and Doha Israel and Hamas have reached an agreement that will see 2,000 Palestinian prisoners released in exchange for 20 Israeli hostages, marking the first major step
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Britons are up in arms over the government’s controversial BritCard digital ID scheme, with more than 2.8 million people signing a petition to halt its implementation. Critics have condemned the plan as
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Leaked documents have raised concerns about a covert operation in Nepal allegedly orchestrated by U.S.-backed organizations, aiming to influence the country’s internal politics while framing it as “youth empowerment.” According to a
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Senior negotiators from the United States, Qatar, and Turkey have joined renewed efforts to end the war in Gaza, as mediators intensify pressure on Israel and Hamas to resolve differences over former
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