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 ...
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...
In the 2017 German national elections, the populist radical-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) Party won 13 percent of seats in the Bundestag. Not only was the AfD the first party to the right of Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to...
In the 2017 German national elections, the populist radical-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) Party won 13 percent of seats in the Bundestag. Not only was the AfD the first party to the right of Angela Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union (CDU) to...
In mid-February, Peruvian governmental corruption made international headlines once again when reports came out that almost 500 well-connected elites received Chinese Sinopharm vaccines before they were available to health professionals and the publi...
In mid-February, Peruvian governmental corruption made international headlines once again when reports came out that almost 500 well-connected elites received Chinese Sinopharm vaccines before they were available to health professionals and the publi...
In late February, an estimated 300 Nigerian girls were abducted from their school in an overnight raid in Zamfara, Nigeria. Over 100 gunmen, some dressed in the same outfit as the school security officials, swiftly breached the hostels and moved the ...
In late February, an estimated 300 Nigerian girls were abducted from their school in an overnight raid in Zamfara, Nigeria. Over 100 gunmen, some dressed in the same outfit as the school security officials, swiftly breached the hostels and moved the ...
In the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, pleaded for an international ceasefire. He called for countries to unite against the emerging biological threat as it rapidly spread across ...
In the early stages of the Covid-19 pandemic, António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, pleaded for an international ceasefire. He called for countries to unite against the emerging biological threat as it rapidly spread across ...
As the popularity of right-wing populist parties has soared in recent years, Ireland contrasts in exhibiting a notable dearth of such a party. From the nationalist UK Brexit movement in Ireland’s close neighbor to the transformation of the United S...
As the popularity of right-wing populist parties has soared in recent years, Ireland contrasts in exhibiting a notable dearth of such a party. From the nationalist UK Brexit movement in Ireland’s close neighbor to the transformation of the United S...
Among the flurry of executive orders signed by Joe Biden on his first day as President was the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would have moved oil extracted from tar sands in Alberta to Port Arthur, Texas, where it could be shipped i...
Among the flurry of executive orders signed by Joe Biden on his first day as President was the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline, which would have moved oil extracted from tar sands in Alberta to Port Arthur, Texas, where it could be shipped i...
On Wednesday, January 27, the Polish government enacted a near-total ban on abortion with exceptions only for fetal abnormalities, rape, incest, and mortal risk to the mother. This attack on reproductive freedom is in keeping with the right-wing Law ...
On Wednesday, January 27, the Polish government enacted a near-total ban on abortion with exceptions only for fetal abnormalities, rape, incest, and mortal risk to the mother. This attack on reproductive freedom is in keeping with the right-wing Law ...
In September 2020, now-President Joe Biden referred to Trump’s decision to pull out of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ( JCPOA) as a “dangerous failure;” this accord, also known as the Iran deal, arose from negotiations during the O...
In September 2020, now-President Joe Biden referred to Trump’s decision to pull out of the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action ( JCPOA) as a “dangerous failure;” this accord, also known as the Iran deal, arose from negotiations during the O...
On February 4, newly inaugurated President Joe Biden announced the end of US military aid for the calamitous Saudi-led war effort in Yemen. The statement was hailed as a judicious—and long overdue—move for the United States; the much-criticized Y...
On February 4, newly inaugurated President Joe Biden announced the end of US military aid for the calamitous Saudi-led war effort in Yemen. The statement was hailed as a judicious—and long overdue—move for the United States; the much-criticized Y...
In the city of Baku, in the small Caucasus nation of Azerbaijan, three futuristic glass towers dominate the skyline. At night, they are lit up with thousands of LED lights portraying dancing flames, an allusion to the country’s name, which translat...
In the city of Baku, in the small Caucasus nation of Azerbaijan, three futuristic glass towers dominate the skyline. At night, they are lit up with thousands of LED lights portraying dancing flames, an allusion to the country’s name, which translat...
Political opponents jailed. Press censored. Civil liberties restricted. Human rights abused. All in response to widespread protests against the prevailing government. The year was 1975, when then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, confronting stalwart res...
Political opponents jailed. Press censored. Civil liberties restricted. Human rights abused. All in response to widespread protests against the prevailing government. The year was 1975, when then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, confronting stalwart res...
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Brandenburg Gate has stood as a symbol for a nation rebuilt from the ravages of war and for the unification of a city divided by force. Despite its location, people often associate the Gate with scenes of Americ...
Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Brandenburg Gate has stood as a symbol for a nation rebuilt from the ravages of war and for the unification of a city divided by force. Despite its location, people often associate the Gate with scenes of Americ...