About a decade ago, Swiss banks did something unthinkable. One by one, they set aside secrecy previously upheld for centuries and handed sensitive information to a US government in search...
When Hurricane Katrina ripped through the US Gulf Coast in 2005, one seemingly unlikely entity came to the aid of people in desperate need of food and medical supplies: a transatlantic mi...
A lively panel gathered on the first day of Davos 2022 to discuss the future of democracy, demonstrating the sort of healthy debate required to nourish it.
China’s plan to “gradually delay” the country’s legal retirement age has managed to unify a wide variety of people around a single sentiment: they don't like it.
After a pair of populist candidates were defeated in European elections last Sunday, some of the reaction sounded like advice we get during the downslope of a COVID-19 wave – this is good...
It seems clear now that buying Russian oil and gas means funding an attempt to dismantle a sovereign country, and indirectly enabling carnage.
A confession: during the earliest days of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine I’d steal an occasional glimpse at RT, the Russian broadcaster accused of peddling propaganda, before it was yanked ...
It’s “now or never” to stave off a climate catastrophe, according to a UN report published last week.
Nearly four years ago, Russia brandished one of its newest armaments during a Victory Day parade in Moscow: a hypersonic missile that was fastened to a fighter jet, and described as a “do...
At a time when Ukrainian farmers normally start spring field work, many have instead been using their tractors to haul away abandoned Russian tanks and troop carriers.
En sólo una semana, un millón de refugiados han huido de Ucrania. Muchos más les seguirán como parte de lo que se ve convertirse en la peor crisis de refugiados de Europa en lo que va de ...
Donations to help people displaced by the conflict can be made via UNHCR and the ICRC. Companies can navigate contributions via the UN Business Guide and the Global Shapers' supportukrain...
El artículo "¿Son los mandatos de vacunación COVID-19 una violación de los derechos humanos?" se publicó por primera vez el 24 de agosto de 2021 y se ha actualizado el 31 de enero de 2022.
An effort now underway to establish a car-free zone bigger than Manhattan in central Berlin, a relatively dense location where 15% of the surface area is used for road traffic, just might...
Uranium was discovered more than two centuries ago on the fringes of the Habsburg Empire, and proved useful for tinting photos and colouring vases. Now, many people think it can help solv...
