The prospect of artificial intelligence destroying humanity has become a prominent part of the technology industry’s public debate, but Harvard historian Jill Lepore argues that the more immediate danger lies elsewhere: the
The five-day period from July 20 to 25 in New Delhi, India’s capital was a high octane one as hundreds of youths under the rubric of Gen Z collected at Jantar Mantar
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By Saturday evening (1), Mahara Prison had descended into scenes more akin to a battlefield than a correctional facility. What began as unrest around 4.00 p.m. rapidly escalated into one of the
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The recent migration crisis in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta has prompted renewed discussion over the European Union’s approach to border management, migration, and humanitarian responsibility. While governments have concentrated on security
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Death has been Professor Dame Sue Black’s closest companion for most of her life. Yet rather than fear it, she has learned to regard it as a constant presence and, ultimately, a
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For many of the internet’s earliest users, the digital world promised freedom, opportunity and connection. It was seen as a place where geography, social background and personal circumstances mattered less than ideas
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On 27 July 2026, the Cabinet of Ministers approved a proposal to raise the retirement age of judges at every level of Sri Lanka’s judiciary by two years — Supreme Court judges
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Just one week after a deadly attack disrupted Berlin’s Christopher Street Day celebrations, tens of thousands of people gathered in Hamburg for what became the largest Pride parade in the city’s history.
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China has strongly criticised the United States after Washington expanded restrictions on imports from dozens of additional Chinese companies over alleged human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region, rejecting the allegations as
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On 14 July, at a summit in Orlando, the head of the US Drug Enforcement Administration, Terrance Cole, declared that Mexico’s cartels and Mexico’s government are ‘one and the same.’ He offered no evidence.
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As democracies around the world face mounting challenges and pressures, discussions about autocracy often focus on personalities and ideologies or tend to link governance practices to differences among specific cultural traditions. Yet
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United Nations human rights experts have expressed grave concern over allegations of arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, torture and other forms of ill-treatment targeting members of Iran’s Bahá’í religious minority, warning that several
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Seventy-five years after the adoption of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees, the international system designed to protect people fleeing war, persecution and violence is facing one of the
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The Assembly of States Parties to the International Criminal Court has voted to remove Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan following allegations of sexual misconduct, marking the first dismissal of a chief prosecutor in
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Swiss chocolate manufacturer Lindt has been sued in a United States federal court over allegations that it relies on child labour in its cocoa supply chain while presenting itself as a company
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The United States has imposed new tariffs of 10% and 12.5% on goods from 60 trading partners, including several South Asian economies, in the latest overhaul of its trade policy under President
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