Laws that have driven smoking out of offices, restaurants, public transport and other public spaces have reduced exposure to second-hand smoke, but a global study suggests the problem remains far from resolved.
Sweden has finalized a significant contribution of €560,000 to the Trust Fund for Victims (TFV) at the International Criminal Court (ICC). This latest installment, provided through the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency
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As the economic infrastructure of the Gaza Strip continues to crumble under the strain of war, blockade, and financial isolation, a new and unexpected trade has emerged on the streets: money repair.
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Cancer is rapidly becoming a manageable condition rather than a fatal diagnosis, thanks to a wave of transformative medical breakthroughs, according to Professor Sir Stephen Powis, the outgoing National Medical Director of
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In one of the largest mass deportations in recent history, Iran has begun forcibly expelling millions of undocumented Afghan migrants, with over 1.1 million deported this year alone — half of them
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The refusal by the Trump administration to release the files and videos amassed during investigations into the activities of the pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, should put to rest the absurd idea, embraced by
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Patriarchy is alive and well throughout the world. But the English-language media flatters itself by one-sidedly portraying machismo as a particularly Latin American malady, all the while overlooking significant feminist gains made
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by Mohamed Ayub So long as the National People’s Power (NPP) was not in power, its leaders claimed moral high ground over other major political parties, especially those that have ruled the
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by A Special Correspondent in Colombo Cardinal Ranjith completed 50 years of his priesthood. This time, like in many other occasions, he shamelessly invited the nation’s principal political actors to sit beside
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Migrant boats washing ashore on the Italian island of Lampedusa are no longer the fragile rubber dinghies that once symbolized the perilous Mediterranean crossing. In their place are sleek, fiberglass vessels powered
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The 2025 U.S. housing market presents a paradox. Home sales are down, and there are far more sellers than buyers, yet prices continue to hit record highs. Over the past decade, home values have surged nationwide, including in
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