When Hurricane Ian hit Florida in 2022, it caused over $110 billion in damage, making it one of the costliest storms in US history. In its wake, homeowners saw their insurance premiums soar, while ...

A YouTube video dating from last January bears the title, “Will Trump’s billionaire brigade run America like a tech startup?” In it, Business Insider’s Media and Tech reporter Peter Kafka expresses ...

In September, Colombian President Gustavo Petro delivered two controversial speeches at the 2025 United Nations General Assembly in New York. The first was his speech at the podium to a crowd of ...

Taylor Swift and J.K. Rowling — arguably two of the world’s most influential women — face renewed public criticism as their art and opinions dominate global debate. Swift’s new album and Rowling’s ...

Sarito Carroll lived in Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh’s commune in Oregon, which collapsed under criminal charges 40 years ago. Like most teenagers in Rajneeshpuram, she was sexually abused there. Now she is ...

When we learned of “the end of history,” a little over three decades ago, our geopolitical meteorologists forecasted sunny skies for the neoliberal reality that was coursing across the globe.

For centuries, the Middle East has stood at the crossroads of civilization and conflict. Despite the formal establishment of modern nation-states, the region has failed to achieve internal political ...

Chinese Premier Li Qiang visited Malaysia in May 2025 to attend the ASEAN-GCC-China Summit, aiming to deepen Beijing’s influence in Southeast Asia and the Gulf through trade diplomacy. His attempts to ...

In 2024, the Sahel region accounted for 51% of the world’s terror-related deaths. Jihadist groups like Al-Qaeda and ISIS are resurging across the Sahel, exploiting political instability, security ...

In 2024–25, Bangladesh's remittances reached a record $30.04 billion, representing a 25.50% increase from the previous year, driven by government reforms and a shift from the informal hundi system to ...

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi faces mounting challenges as his third term nears its end, with rising public discontent over national security failures, cronyism ...

Israel has carried out a relentless and zealous military onslaught in Gaza that shows orchestrated mass inhumanity on a gargantuan scale. This campaign has killed tens of thousands of civilians, razed ...