An economist can go on a winter break to Hawaii, but they can’t shut their brain off. So here are some observations from an ...

In the meantime, a heavy burden rests on Britain’s new ambassador to Washington, Peter Mandelson. A towering figure in ...

By using a medical analogy, is it better to treat the symptom or the cause? Are we after curative measures (problems) or palliative measures (symptoms)? What can the USA do best for the border or ...

Feb. 4, barely two weeks into his second term, President Donald Trump hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On ...

Paradoxically, the UN required democratic conditions from Spain that it never asked of the Polish communist dictatorship (author of the petition that gave rise to this resolution) nor of the other ...

The United Nations humanitarian chief says famine has been mostly averted in Gaza as a surge of aid enters the territory during a fragile ceasefire, but he warns the threat could return quickly if the ...

Israel completed its withdrawal from the Netzarim Corridor on Sunday, a key road that splits Gaza in half, as part of its commitments under a ceasefire agreement with Hamas.

Amritanshi Pandey topped the 7th batch of BSc nursing from College of Nursing, Command Hospital, Lucknow, and was commissioned as a lieutenant in military nursing service. Recognized for ...

Teenage girl dies after a shark attack in eastern Australia A 17-year-old girl was killed by a shark while swimming off Queensland’s Bribie Island, marking Australia's third fatal shark attack ...

The United Nations has organized four world conferences on women. These took place in Mexico City in 1975, Copenhagen in 1980, Nairobi in 1985 and Beijing in 1995. The last was followed by a series of ...

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