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In November 2025, Colombian immigration authorities and army forces raided a hotel in Yarumal, Antioquia. Following a tip from a local shop owner, authorities found nine members of Lev Tahor, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect, with 17 minors. Originally ...

A Cult-ural Exchange

In November 2025, Colombian immigration authorities and army forces raided a hotel in Yarumal, Antioquia. Following a tip from a local shop owner, authorities found nine members of Lev Tahor, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect, with 17 minors. Originally ...

 In the 16th century, a tiny village nestled in the valleys of Bohemia known as Jáchymov struck gold—or rather, silver. After a period of crisis in the Bohemian mining industry, the discovery of rich veins of silver exploded across Europe. Th...

Czechs and Balances

 In the 16th century, a tiny village nestled in the valleys of Bohemia known as Jáchymov struck gold—or rather, silver. After a period of crisis in the Bohemian mining industry, the discovery of rich veins of silver exploded across Europe. Th...

“I’m proud to be an American and believe in disseminating the truth, and that is why, after this newscast, I’m resigning.” Liz Wahl had gone off script. In 2014, the American anchor resigned live on air on Russia Today (RT), a Russian state-f...

Truth Be Sold

“I’m proud to be an American and believe in disseminating the truth, and that is why, after this newscast, I’m resigning.” Liz Wahl had gone off script. In 2014, the American anchor resigned live on air on Russia Today (RT), a Russian state-f...

China’s latest Five-Year Plan—the state’s primary policy blueprint—cements the country’s transition toward economic growth centered on productivity and social development. To achieve the latter, the central government has increasingly rewar...

The Walking Debt

China’s latest Five-Year Plan—the state’s primary policy blueprint—cements the country’s transition toward economic growth centered on productivity and social development. To achieve the latter, the central government has increasingly rewar...

Community-driven conservation initiatives approach environmental conservation through local participation, decentralized management, and the integration of community and Indigenous knowledge into conservation practices. These models have gained incre...

Mother Nature’s Double Burden

Community-driven conservation initiatives approach environmental conservation through local participation, decentralized management, and the integration of community and Indigenous knowledge into conservation practices. These models have gained incre...

Under the cover of night, small boats depart from the Libyan coastline, headed toward sanctuary in Italy. Packed onto rickety vessels and often bought and traded by armed gangs,  thousands of migrants and refugees face grueling challenges on the...

No Path Across

Under the cover of night, small boats depart from the Libyan coastline, headed toward sanctuary in Italy. Packed onto rickety vessels and often bought and traded by armed gangs,  thousands of migrants and refugees face grueling challenges on the...

A blue passport can get you far. The leatherbound booklet denotes association with the ‘New World’ and grants access to an unprecedentedly high degree of global mobility and embassy protection — unless the passport reads “Republique D’H...

Stateless Neighbors

A blue passport can get you far. The leatherbound booklet denotes association with the ‘New World’ and grants access to an unprecedentedly high degree of global mobility and embassy protection — unless the passport reads “Republique D’H...

In February 2025, Taiwan’s coast guard noticed something unusual in the Taiwan Strait. A Togolese-flagged cargo ship, the Hong Tai 58, had slowed near a submarine cable route connecting Taiwan to the Penghu Islands. Officers repeatedly attempted to...

Cutting the Line

In February 2025, Taiwan’s coast guard noticed something unusual in the Taiwan Strait. A Togolese-flagged cargo ship, the Hong Tai 58, had slowed near a submarine cable route connecting Taiwan to the Penghu Islands. Officers repeatedly attempted to...

Accra, Ghana. Cheers erupt from the gathered crowd as a man’s name is announced. Clad in a red beret and a camouflage uniform, the national flag stitched onto his sleeve features a yellow star, not Ghana’s emblematic black one. Nevertheless, the ...

The People’s Strongman

Accra, Ghana. Cheers erupt from the gathered crowd as a man’s name is announced. Clad in a red beret and a camouflage uniform, the national flag stitched onto his sleeve features a yellow star, not Ghana’s emblematic black one. Nevertheless, the ...

In 1947, members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists created the notorious “Doomsday Clock,” a symbolic representation of humanity’s impending doom. The clock inches forward when climate change accelerates and turns back when wars end; mid...

Battle of the Clocks

In 1947, members of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists created the notorious “Doomsday Clock,” a symbolic representation of humanity’s impending doom. The clock inches forward when climate change accelerates and turns back when wars end; mid...