When US President Donald Trump offered to declare neighboring Canada as America’s 51st state, the Canadians vehemently rejected the proposal. “We don’t want to be part of America,” was the rallying ...

When pioneering agronomist and father of the “Green Revolution” Norman Borlaug set out to breed a disease-resistant, ...

As delegates prepare for the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC) in Nice, France, momentum is building around ocean ...

While #MeToo exposed abuse in secular spaces, #ChurchToo was distinct because it confronted the deep moral and spiritual betrayal that occurs when abuse happens within faith communities ...

UNDP Human Development Report warns of slowing human development progress, with disparities between rich and poor nations widening.

The new pope, the latest in a line dating back almost 2,000 years, was quickly subjected to a very modern phenomenon: no sooner had Pope Leo XIV delivered his first address than people started ...

In January 2025, President Trump signed an executive order that upended humanitarian efforts globally, leaving millions of ...

Political instability and conflicts in the Great Lakes, the Horn of Africa, Sudan, and South Sudan have led to massive ...

Dr Palitha Kohona is former Head, UN Treaties, a one-time Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the UN & until recently, Ambassador to the People’s Republic of China.

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons must not be allowed to collapse under the weight of geopolitical cynicism.

South Korea, which currently has the world’s lowest fertility rate, are expected to experience population decline and demographic ageing throughout the remaining decades of the 21st century ...

Three catastrophic events in the Balkans have sparked powerful movements for systemic change. A train collision that killed ...