Vladimir Lenin once said, “there are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen.” The latter certainly...
The election victory of Giorgia Meloni in Italy has left journalists scrambling around for adjectives. Is her Brothers of Italy...
In the early morning hours of Tuesday, September 13, Azerbaijan launched an aggressive military assault along the borders of the...
It turns out that many of today’s billionaires are selfish, lonely men fantasizing about how they will survive the end...
An American influencer on holiday in South Africa recently posted a viral video highlighting traveler misconceptions about Africa. In the...
There are many grand promises about the power of artificial intelligence. When we talk about the future of technology, AI...
In June 2021, as students and teachers were finishing up a difficult school year, Priscilla Chan, wife of Facebook founder...
British and European regulators threatened to crack down on Google and Facebook parent Meta over an agreement for online display...
The US tech giant is reportedly now permitting posts on its platforms that call for the killing of Russian soldiers...
One species has transformed into a material backdrop for its tribulations the 10 million other species that constitute its extended...
Despite its negative connotation, “cancel culture” – ostracizing someone for their harmful views – has had a big impact on addressing...
On August 5, a major oil storage facility in Matanzas, Cuba, 65 miles east of Havana, was hit by lightning. A tank that contained 25,000 cubic...
On July 27, Syrian tanks rolled into the former rebel stronghold of Tafas, in Syria’s western Daraa province. The aggression, ostensibly to root out ISIS supporters, came just...
Xenophobia is a global crisis, but in South Africa, it takes a particularly violent form. The day-to-day accumulation of insult and harassment from within the state...
While the war in Ukraine rages on, Turkey is attempting to portray itself as a bridge between Russia and the West. Such a foreign policy may...
As the war in Ukraine enters its sixth month, with no signs of the conflict ending any time this year, the diplomatic war for hearts and...
Momentum is gaining to prosecute Trump. But scores of copycat election-denying candidates who want to interfere with fair elections are on the fall ballot. Three months...
European politicians have been scouring their neighborhood to find new gas supplies to replace those threatened by Russia. They have secured some promises in their tour that took...
The Kurdish question loomed large in NATO’s meeting last month in Madrid. The headlines focused on Turkey’s objection to Sweden and Finland joining the military alliance...
The Atacama salt flat in northern Chile, which stretches 1,200 square miles, is the largest source of lithium in the world. We are standing on a...
An interview with Paul Loeb of Guides.Vote, who is leading the charge on getting voter guides developed in 30 states. For many years, Paul Loeb has...
European politicians have been scouring their neighborhood to find new gas supplies to replace those threatened by Russia. They have secured some promises in their tour...
Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) visited the United States on July 12 and offered five proposals to U.S. President Joe Biden. These proposals are...
Indonesia is a vast archipelago consisting of more than 17,000 islands, has more than 1340 ethnic groups and tribes, according to the 2010 BPS census. The...
Progressives, take note: a newly passed bipartisan reform bill strengthens the U.S. Postal Service—a federal agency that serves as a hopeful model for government-run services in...
It’s been a busy few weeks for Iran-related headlines: domestic turmoil triggered by the death of a Kurdish woman while in custody...
Since the Syrian uprising erupted more than a decade ago, tens of thousands of Syrians have simply vanished. Protestors arrested...
In recent years, a seemingly endless stream of conferences, workshops, and studies have been conducted to answer a key question...
Since the start of the year, hundreds of Syrian civil servants have reportedly resigned from their jobs, angered over meager...
Ten months after Iraq’s pro-Iran bloc was soundly defeated in Iraqi parliamentary elections, and less than a week after Shia...
Recently I have been reading comments on social media, asking why I’ve written to Mrs Olena Zelenska but not Mr...
Dear Mrs Zelenska, My heart bleeds for you and all the Ukrainian and Russian families, devastated by the terrible war...
Bob Dylan has a new book coming out this fall, a collection of more than 60 essays about songs and...
