"Gold Checking Accounts" at big banks would allow major institutions to make payments to each other denominated in grams of ...

When deputy clerk Kelly Smith saw how changing flood risk maps could saddle many of her Montana city's about 2,000 residents ...

The ‘takes’ were numerous for the perceptive sections of the public from the Dr. Gamani Corea 100th birth anniversary oration ...

In its BRICS form, multipolarism boils down to, at best, an effort to get a better seat at the table with the big boys. At worst, it’s a repudiation of the progressive parts of internationalism, ...

By Ben Aris in Berlin The arc of history is turning. For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, the major emerging ...

Location is everything. Kharkiv is just 40km (25 miles) from Russia, once a vital trading partner of Ukraine but now the ...

Maps have always both granted power and threatened it, depending on who controls the data, the scale and the narrative.

Even countries with similar values and goals can end up in conflict with each other due to forces they cannot fully control.

China says it's ready to further expand the economic alliance known as BRICS. The nation is joining Brazil in backing ...

In an era of shifting global alliances and persistent regional instability, questions about potential conflicts loom large. With ongoing military actions ...

South Africa’s Older Persons Amendment Bill, passed in June 2025, expands protections against elder abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation. It mandates rapid reporting, emergency removals, ...

The framework initiative proposed by the People's Republic of China for international trade and economic cooperation in the field of digital economy and green development has already received a ...