At 27, Verena Bahlsen entered the leadership of the family company that had produced biscuits for generations. Two years later, she was gone. The departure marked the end of an unusually public
It is 19 April 2025. A 12-year-old girl and her 3-year-old brother are playing in front of their house in the village of Bert-Furik. A group of Israeli settlers kidnaps them. At
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“Farming is not just a way of life; it is a way of thinking about our relationship with the earth.” This idea, echoed by generations of agricultural pioneers, captures a growing global
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For more than three decades, a woman known here as Dilhani has lived in France, raised by the couple who adopted her as an infant from Sri Lanka. She was born at
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When Zarina looked down at herself as a little girl, she saw a princess. The dress she wore that day was the one she had always wanted but had never been allowed
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo For decades, Sri Lanka’s prison system has struggled with overcrowding, ageing infrastructure and operational pressures that have challenged successive administrations. A major attempt to address those structural
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Global cancer cases are expected to increase sharply over the coming decades, with annual diagnoses projected to rise from about 20.6 million in 2024 to 35 million by 2050, according to a
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Six years after Israel criminalized the purchase of prostitution services, a State Comptroller report has found that enforcement remains limited, with police action concentrated in a small number of districts and government
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Anthropic has announced that its latest artificial intelligence model, Claude, has developed an internal conceptual workspace that researchers say resembles aspects of human thought, describing the feature as an emergent capability that
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Humanitarian education refers to educational initiatives developed or supported by humanitarian organizations to reduce suffering, protect vulnerable populations, and help communities recover from conflict and disaster. The United Nations High Commissioner for
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The European Parliament has given final approval to a major overhaul of European Union airline passenger rights rules, introducing new protections designed to make air travel more predictable for families, vulnerable travellers
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Harumichi Maruya stops his car on a quiet roadside surrounded by forested hills and lakes on the western edge of Tokyo. He steps out, takes a deep breath and looks around at
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Vinton Cerf, widely known as one of the architects of the modern internet, is set to retire from his role as Google’s chief internet evangelist next week, bringing an end to one
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On June 23, the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel released one of the most devastating reports ever produced by a UN investigative
More While discussing about the progress of civilization, the question arises as to what should be the criteria for evaluating the progress or otherwise of civilization. Should civilization assessment be made on the
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The Incident What began as an ordinary international flight between the United States and Canada soon evolved into an extraordinary demonstration of the resilience of modern aviation and, simultaneously, into a compelling
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