It is impossible to be bored on Año Viejo (New Year’s Eve) in Ecuador’s capital city. The country blends rich traditions typical of many Latin American countries — like eating las doce uvas de la suerte, twelve grapes each bestowed with a wish...
The 1946 Tokyo War Crimes Trials, carried out by the Allied powers during postwar occupation, marked one of the first attempts to reckon with the atrocities committed by the Japanese Army during the Second World War. 28 men, many of whom were archite...
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...
China-Taiwan relations are at their “worst in 40 years.” There are “confirmed US troops in Taiwan.” And 150 mainland aircrafts entered Taiwan’s air defense identification zone in four days… The continuous rise of hosti...
China-Taiwan relations are at their “worst in 40 years.” There are “confirmed US troops in Taiwan.” And 150 mainland aircrafts entered Taiwan’s air defense identification zone in four days… The continuous rise of hosti...
“In the near future, climate modification will become necessary to maintain current climatic conditions,” wrote Soviet scientist Mikhail Budyko in 1974, responding to rising CO2 levels. In the decades following Budyko’s prediction, humanity has...
“In the near future, climate modification will become necessary to maintain current climatic conditions,” wrote Soviet scientist Mikhail Budyko in 1974, responding to rising CO2 levels. In the decades following Budyko’s prediction, humanity has...
Education perils in unexpected emergencies. After the last eighteen months under a global pandemic, seemingly every nation has come to that inescapable conclusion. As wealthy countries take stock of the flaws exposed in their education systems, it’...
Education perils in unexpected emergencies. After the last eighteen months under a global pandemic, seemingly every nation has come to that inescapable conclusion. As wealthy countries take stock of the flaws exposed in their education systems, it’...
In the United States, the arrival of late autumn means just one thing for your taste palate: Here comes the pumpkin. With pumpkin muffins, pumpkin pies, pumpkin breads, pumpkin spice lattes, and even pumpkin cannolis, the fruit is found just about ev...
In the United States, the arrival of late autumn means just one thing for your taste palate: Here comes the pumpkin. With pumpkin muffins, pumpkin pies, pumpkin breads, pumpkin spice lattes, and even pumpkin cannolis, the fruit is found just about ev...
In 2019, a Business Insider article noted the visible difference between yellow streetlights in eastern Berlin and the fluorescent, whiter bulbs in the West. In other words, the divide between East and West Berlin is still noticeable over 30 years af...
In 2019, a Business Insider article noted the visible difference between yellow streetlights in eastern Berlin and the fluorescent, whiter bulbs in the West. In other words, the divide between East and West Berlin is still noticeable over 30 years af...
“The principal defect of the industrial way of life,” wrote a group of British environmental scientists in 1972 for The Ecologist, “is that it is not sustainable. Its termination within the lifetime of someone born today is inevitable—unless ...
“The principal defect of the industrial way of life,” wrote a group of British environmental scientists in 1972 for The Ecologist, “is that it is not sustainable. Its termination within the lifetime of someone born today is inevitable—unless ...
Choi Young-soo works as a 35-year-old part-time food delivery driver in South Korea. However, he wasn’t always condemned to working a low-wage job for long hours. He previously worked as an IT engineer until he decided that the extreme stress of hi...
Choi Young-soo works as a 35-year-old part-time food delivery driver in South Korea. However, he wasn’t always condemned to working a low-wage job for long hours. He previously worked as an IT engineer until he decided that the extreme stress of hi...
The future of multilateralism hangs in the balance. At least, that was the thought running through then-CEO of the World Bank Kristalina Georgieva’s mind as she presided over a precarious capital increase campaign from mid-2017 to April 2018. Key s...
The future of multilateralism hangs in the balance. At least, that was the thought running through then-CEO of the World Bank Kristalina Georgieva’s mind as she presided over a precarious capital increase campaign from mid-2017 to April 2018. Key s...
On September 15th 2021, Australia, the UK and the US signed perhaps one of the most consequential defense pacts in recent history. The new AUKUS agreement represents not only a landmark in cooperation between these three nations, but it is also one o...
On September 15th 2021, Australia, the UK and the US signed perhaps one of the most consequential defense pacts in recent history. The new AUKUS agreement represents not only a landmark in cooperation between these three nations, but it is also one o...
If the first thing you see when you picture Canada is a lush, progressive, free healthcare utopia, you would not be alone. The country’s international reputation generally ranges from benign acknowledgement to outright veneration. What’s more, Ca...
If the first thing you see when you picture Canada is a lush, progressive, free healthcare utopia, you would not be alone. The country’s international reputation generally ranges from benign acknowledgement to outright veneration. What’s more, Ca...
In recent years, kimchi—a spicy, fermented cabbage dish ubiquitous in Korea—has found its way into home kitchens and chain restaurants around the world. Yet, even as South Korean kimchi exports reach an all-time high, the dish marks a low point i...
In recent years, kimchi—a spicy, fermented cabbage dish ubiquitous in Korea—has found its way into home kitchens and chain restaurants around the world. Yet, even as South Korean kimchi exports reach an all-time high, the dish marks a low point i...
The roofs over several docks at Port Fourchon were stripped away by early afternoon. Hurricane Ida had produced a 12-foot storm surge and sustained 150 mile-per-hour winds that battered buildings, scattered equipment, and submerged large swaths of la...
The roofs over several docks at Port Fourchon were stripped away by early afternoon. Hurricane Ida had produced a 12-foot storm surge and sustained 150 mile-per-hour winds that battered buildings, scattered equipment, and submerged large swaths of la...