India fares very poorly in global democracy rankings not because the problems are worse in the country, but because Indians ...

According to the 2025 Democracy Perception Index, only 45% of nations had a positive view of the US last year. In 2024, it ...

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady in January. Fed Chair Jerome Powell has faced pressure from Trump to cut rates, and from a DOJ probe.

Hong Kong's press freedom has dramatically declined over some 20 years, falling from 18th to 140th in a global press freedom index. The drop follows the shutdown of pro-democracy newspaper Apple ...

Even more likely than an all-out invasion of Taiwan may be gray zone pressures, such as cutting internet cables.

The top 1 per cent held 31.7 per cent of US wealth, nearly matching bottom 90 per cent. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

Every democracy is also a schmucracy. I'm not the first to make that connection. Churchill, amongst many, apparently got in before me with "The best argument against democracy is a five-minute ...

At its 56th annual meeting in Davos, the World Economic Forum will wrestle with war, economics, artificial intelligence and ...

Finland has been fighting fake news by teaching media literacy to children as young as 3. The Nordic nation includes this in its national curriculum to help citizens recognize ...

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As Yoweri Museveni celebrates 40 years in power, Danson Kahyana reflects on how the dictator has strengthened his hold on ...

After beginning the year at 217,000, weekly initial unemployment claims hit 250,000 during June and spiked to 264,000 in ...