Albania’s newest cabinet member is pregnant…with 83 babies. But do not worry, she is not human. Meet Diella, Albania’s “AI minister.” Diella was “born” on January 19, 2025, with the job of managing Albania’s ‘e-Albania’ platform, ...
TW: Kidnapping, suicide, domestic violence In rural Kyrgyzstan and parts of southern Kazakhstan, when a young man decides he wishes to marry, his parents scour to find the perfect bride. After a suitable bride is picked out, the prospective groom and...
When the Wagner Group’s combatants advanced on Moscow in June 2023 in an attempted coup d’etat, their abortive mutiny offered a rare glimpse into what happens when a private military company (PMC) grows powerful enough to challenge the state. But...
Albania’s newest cabinet member is pregnant…with 83 babies. But do not worry, she is not human. Meet Diella, Albania’s “AI minister.” Diella was “born” on January 19, 2025, with the job of managing Albania’s ‘e-Albania’ platform, ...
Albania’s newest cabinet member is pregnant…with 83 babies. But do not worry, she is not human. Meet Diella, Albania’s “AI minister.” Diella was “born” on January 19, 2025, with the job of managing Albania’s ‘e-Albania’ platform, ...
TW: Kidnapping, suicide, domestic violence In rural Kyrgyzstan and parts of southern Kazakhstan, when a young man decides he wishes to marry, his parents scour to find the perfect bride. After a suitable bride is picked out, the prospective groom and...
TW: Kidnapping, suicide, domestic violence In rural Kyrgyzstan and parts of southern Kazakhstan, when a young man decides he wishes to marry, his parents scour to find the perfect bride. After a suitable bride is picked out, the prospective groom and...
When the Wagner Group’s combatants advanced on Moscow in June 2023 in an attempted coup d’etat, their abortive mutiny offered a rare glimpse into what happens when a private military company (PMC) grows powerful enough to challenge the state. But...
When the Wagner Group’s combatants advanced on Moscow in June 2023 in an attempted coup d’etat, their abortive mutiny offered a rare glimpse into what happens when a private military company (PMC) grows powerful enough to challenge the state. But...
For decades, Islamic nations have invoked ummah solidarity to express outrage over injustices affecting Muslims. From Palestine and Kashmir to the Rohingya crises, leaders within the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) frame solidarity with opp...
For decades, Islamic nations have invoked ummah solidarity to express outrage over injustices affecting Muslims. From Palestine and Kashmir to the Rohingya crises, leaders within the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) frame solidarity with opp...
Dew pearls on iris leaves, glistening in the pale light of the early morning sun. White blossoms infuse the air with their characteristic scent of jasmine. The landscape blooms with centifolia roses and fragrant lavender, flamboyant against the clear...
Dew pearls on iris leaves, glistening in the pale light of the early morning sun. White blossoms infuse the air with their characteristic scent of jasmine. The landscape blooms with centifolia roses and fragrant lavender, flamboyant against the clear...
Fast forward 500 years: Humans have founded research colonies on the Moon and Mars, scientists are working on how to land on Jupiter, and the dream of reaching Saturn is on the table. While this expansive vision of space progress is exciting, one nee...
Fast forward 500 years: Humans have founded research colonies on the Moon and Mars, scientists are working on how to land on Jupiter, and the dream of reaching Saturn is on the table. While this expansive vision of space progress is exciting, one nee...
President Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout plan for Argentina represents a resurrection of dollar diplomacy—a term describing the practice of using US financial power to influence foreign politics. Over the 20th century, the dollar became incre...
President Donald Trump’s $40 billion bailout plan for Argentina represents a resurrection of dollar diplomacy—a term describing the practice of using US financial power to influence foreign politics. Over the 20th century, the dollar became incre...
“Ok Boomer Time’s Up!” read a cardboard sign, clutched tightly in the hands of a Nepalese boy still in his school uniform. He stood among thousands of others on the streets in Kathmandu, Nepal. They called for an end to the government’s socia...
“Ok Boomer Time’s Up!” read a cardboard sign, clutched tightly in the hands of a Nepalese boy still in his school uniform. He stood among thousands of others on the streets in Kathmandu, Nepal. They called for an end to the government’s socia...
In mid-September, the global public caught a rare peek under the hood of China’s government internet censorship and digital surveillance, popularly dubbed “The Great Firewall.” Over 500 gigabytes of code, manuals, internal communications, and o...
In mid-September, the global public caught a rare peek under the hood of China’s government internet censorship and digital surveillance, popularly dubbed “The Great Firewall.” Over 500 gigabytes of code, manuals, internal communications, and o...
With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—the largest European armed conflict since the Cold War—we have seemingly reentered an age deeming direct, great power combat as acceptable, and even more so, realistic. Whether a result of a growing national te...
With Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—the largest European armed conflict since the Cold War—we have seemingly reentered an age deeming direct, great power combat as acceptable, and even more so, realistic. Whether a result of a growing national te...
What can you achieve in 8 minutes? You can hard-boil an egg. You can listen to 80 percent of Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well” (10-minute version). Or, you can walk from the SciLi to Andrews Hall. In Paris, a team of three masked thieves heisted th...
What can you achieve in 8 minutes? You can hard-boil an egg. You can listen to 80 percent of Taylor Swift’s “All Too Well” (10-minute version). Or, you can walk from the SciLi to Andrews Hall. In Paris, a team of three masked thieves heisted th...
For nearly a century, the FIFA World Cup has been promoted as a celebration of global unity—a rare stage where political borders blur and nations meet as equals through sport. Since its inaugural tournament in Uruguay in 1930, the World Cup has gro...
For nearly a century, the FIFA World Cup has been promoted as a celebration of global unity—a rare stage where political borders blur and nations meet as equals through sport. Since its inaugural tournament in Uruguay in 1930, the World Cup has gro...