Ursula Kemp was a strong-willed woman. That may have been one reason she eventually ended up on the gallows. A midwife and healer in the small English village of St Osyth, Kemp
by Our Correspondent in London Al Jazeera’s Head to Head is marketed as a show where tough questions are asked, and the powerful are held accountable. But in the case of Mehdi
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Archaeologist and scholar Giorgio Buccellati’s book At the Origins of Politics describes how Mesopotamia’s urban revolution in the late fourth millennium BC shaped a new mentality. The segmentation and specialization of industrial production required written recordkeeping,
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In a dramatic push to shrink the federal government, the Trump administration has reportedly identified 443 federal buildings, including major agency headquarters, as potential candidates for sale. According to Reuters, the General
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Relatives of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are demanding that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu move forward with the second phase of a ceasefire deal, accusing him of delaying their return.
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Government borrowing worldwide is set to reach an all-time high of $12.3 trillion in 2024, driven by increased defense spending, higher interest rates, and persistent fiscal challenges across major economies. According to
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As China faces mounting economic hurdles, Beijing’s annual “two sessions”—the most significant political gathering of the year—will set the tone for 2025’s economic policies. The event, which brings together the National People’s
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As governments scale back subsidies for renewable energy, major corporations are stepping up to directly finance new wind and solar farms through long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs). According to BloombergNEF, the volume
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by Our Correspondent in Colombo Lo and behold, dear denizens of this land of milkless tea and honey-less bread, we are witness to an act of such unparalleled virtue that even the
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In a scathing attack on the current administration, former lawmaker and leader of the Pivithuru Hela Urumaya, Attorney-at-Law Udaya Gammanpila, has alleged that Sri Lanka’s intelligence agencies are being politically manipulated and
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Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman scholar and statesman, said “A budget should be balance, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled
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