Nearly 300 millimetres of rain in 48 hours left a metropolis of more than ten million wading through waist-high water, its roads turned to canals and its army deploying field kitchens.
Summer 2026 was the hottest ever recorded in western Europe, its rivers ran dry, its crops failed and its forests burned. But the real story is no longer survival.
A slab of Himalayan ice and rock gave way high on the Nepal-China border and thundered down the valleys below, burying towns in mud
When institutions decide instead, through annulment, disqualification and prosecution, the message to every citizen is chilling: “you may vote, but only for the approved choices.”
For some time, the term “Asian Tigers” has been used to describe a group of emerging powers characterized by rapid economic growth, a strong push toward export-oriented industrialization
This was evident, in part, during the funeral of former Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei—an event attended by millions—as well as among the many Iranians who left the country at various points
At this hour, the results are already coming in as a consolidated picture. I am referring to the elections in the United States—a topic that has dominated everyone’s attention over the last few weeks.
This morning, just after 7 o’clock, I was listening to Ion Cristoiu’s segment on Gold FM. He opened with a French song that—quite aptly—ridiculed the notion of Russian interference.
Poland—which currently finds itself at the heart of an event that is truly staggering for the Euro-Atlantic sphere—has, in fact (and we must all acknowledge this), played a significant historical role
Netanyahu’s popularity had declined. On Polymarket, just one day before the election, Netanyahu’s chances of remaining Prime Minister stood at only 27%, while his main rival—Gadi Eisenkot, whom I’ve mentioned to you—had risen to 58%. On Election Day
According to Harris’s account, as Johnson summarizes it, Ukraine’s deep strikes inside Russia are being carried out with information the CIA provides. American spy satellites give Kyiv early warning of incoming Russian missiles and drones.
There’s an old piece of wisdom every negotiator, hostage specialist, and animal-control officer knows: you don’t poke the thing you’re trying to talk down.
Alice Weidel built a career telling Germans that outsiders are living off their generosity. When that charge landed on Romanians, a Romanian member of the European Parliament answered in a register rarely heard in Brussels: part labor-market briefing, part personal indictment
The bureau highlighted its presence at the International Association of Chiefs of Police annual conference, where organizers reported the largest attendance in the event’s history.
Romania’s foreign intelligence service says a fire at a defence-linked industrial site near Brașov was part of a wider campaign of sabotage it attributes to Russia. T
Fifty-seven thousand people on the largest island on earth, sitting atop rare earths and astride the melting sea lanes of the Arctic. In 2026 Greenland found itself the object of an American president’s ambition, a Danish reckoning, and a great-power scramble it never asked to join. This is the country behind the headlines.
Kyrgyzstan is a small, mountainous country with a booming economy, a fading reputation for revolution, and a president quietly turning the region’s most open political system into something that looks increasingly like its neighbors.
A profile of the archipelago the world suddenly wants to know.
For some time, the term “Asian Tigers” has been used to describe a group of emerging powers characterized by rapid economic growth, a strong push toward export-oriented industrialization
A history of South Korea I recently read is titled *Shrimp to Whale* by Ramon Pacheco Pardo. The title alludes to a Korean proverb stating that when whales fight, the shrimp’s back gets broken.
Let us turn, however, to the situation in East Asia. On August 12, Putin visited Iturup Island in the Kuril chain—touring a fish processing plant and some schools—an event that sparked quite a controversy, so to speak.
It began with one sentence a prime minister didn’t need to say. Ten months later, Japan and China are locked in their worst rupture in a generation.
In what observers are calling the most consequential election in Bangladesh’s recent history, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) swept to a commanding parliamentary victory on Friday, ending nearly two decades in the political wilderness and setting the stage for a dramatic new chapter in the South Asian nation’s turbulent democratic journey.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – October 27, 2025 – In a significant diplomatic push, world leaders assembled in Malaysia on Monday to explore avenues for enhancing economic and trade relations, against the backdrop of impending U.S. tariffs.
Many global analysts predict that India will be the next great economic power: Goldman Sachs has predicted that it will become the world’s second-largest economy by 2075 and Martin Wolf of the Financial Times
The great-power struggle between China and the West now runs through a scattering of small island nations most Europeans know only from postcards.
Almost 98 percent of its people voted for independence. Its leaders have set a date: September 1, 2027.
Among the ten smallest countries in Africa, Rwanda has long harbored the ambition to become a driving economic force in the Great Lakes region, leveraging
The growth of the African continent has always been a topic of great interest among economic and financial analysts.
