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.
A decade ago, I was a fly on the wall during a trade negotiation between the United States and a small country in Southeast Asia. What interested me was not the substance
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Is twenty the new expiration date for a Baloch life? The relentless drumbeat of death notices from Balochistan has numbed us – even those of us who chronicle its sorrows. Yet last
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War is a business. So is genocide. The latest report submitted by Francesca Albanese, Special Rapporteur on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, lists 48 corporations and institutions, including Palantir Technologies Inc., Lockheed Martin, Alphabet Inc.,
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Sweeping cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) could result in more than 14 million additional deaths globally by 2030, reversing decades of progress in the fight against deadly diseases
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His Holiness the Dalai Lama, the eminent Tibetan Buddhist monk, is entering his ninetieth year, having devoted his life to peace, harmony, and goodwill for all. Anointed as the Dalai Lama at
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On June 13, 2025, the Arakan Army reportedly seized and looted three Bangladeshi fishing boats at gunpoint near Naikhongdia (Bay of Bengal) in Myanmar, as they were returning from deep-sea fishing—taking away
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The report highlights how some users, including individuals with no prior history of mental illness, have experienced severe psychological episodes after extended use of AI chatbots such as ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.
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Nicaraguans will fill the streets later this month to celebrate the 46th anniversary of the Sandinista revolution. On July 19, 1979, the Somoza dictatorship finally fell, ending 18 years of guerilla fighting
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At least 410 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces while attempting to access food at Israeli-run humanitarian aid sites in Gaza over the past month, according to reporting by The Intercept.
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Conflict and instability are plunging 39 vulnerable economies deeper into poverty and hunger, posing a growing threat to global development efforts, according to a sweeping new report from the World Bank. The
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