11+ hour, 33+ min ago   (915+ words) Iran’s hold on the Strait of Hormuz gave it significant leverage over a much more powerful United States for months. But that grip is loosening, even if global energy markets have yet to reflect it. Now another global transport chokepoint…...

6+ hour, 50+ min ago   (915+ words) Iran’s hold on the Strait of Hormuz gave it significant leverage over a much more powerful United States for months. But that grip is loosening, even if global energy markets have yet to reflect it. Now another global transport chokepoint…...

15+ hour, 49+ min ago   (1147+ words) A crack divides the residencia on 14th Street in Pereira in two. Bricks from the boarding house’s façade and pieces of its collapsed roof lie on the ground. Windows without glass and yellow caution tape across the front warn of the…...

22+ hour, 15+ min ago   (687+ words) A fresh round of Russian strikes on Ukraine killed at least three people and wounded dozens of others over the past 24 hours, Ukraine's president said on September 12, adding that the strikes targeted civilian sites and infrastructure across the country. "Since…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (324+ words) US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP has promised a $5,000 (Rs 4,75,000) payment to every adult American citizen if Republicans win control of both chambers of Congress in the November 3 midterm elections. The President announced what he called the "Trump dividend" during his address…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (345+ words) See Also: “Bollywood Stars Are Scared of Modi”: Mehdi Hasan and Sreenivasan Jain Weigh In on How Bollywood Stars Have Been “Brought to Heel” Under the Modi Government Many users slammed Rushdie, calling him a “hypocrite” and describing his statement…...

1+ week, 22+ hour ago   (571+ words) In Haiti, the sport of football creates social cohesion: despite their differences, people from all classes come together on the field. Children from wealthy families, poor backgrounds, and middle-class homes alike get the opportunity to mix by either playing for…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (410+ words) A NEPALI WOMAN AND A CHINESE NATIONAL were rescued alive from two separate flood-affected areas on Saturday, 11 days after deadly floods struck areas along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river corridors in Nepal, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said. A 64-year-old…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (1137+ words) By Sharon Crozier-De Rosam Professor in History, University of Wollongong Known almost as much for her trademark mid-parted hair and large aviator sunglasses as for her acute intelligence, courage and wit, she will long be known for setting feminist torches…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (901+ words) By Jacqueline Peel, Professor of Law, The University of Melbourne, Wesley Morgan, Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response For over a decade, the world has been trying to limit global warming to 1.5°C. That’s no longer possible, according…...