5 h. ago China’s Birth Rate Hits Record Low, Intensifying Demographic Concerns

A Quieting Nursery: China’s Demographic Crossroads On a gray morning in a Beijing neighborhood where the scooters have grown fewer and the playground shrinks with the seasons, a toddler’s laughter breaks the silence like an unexpected chord. Yet such sounds are becoming rarer across China—so rare, in fact, that official figures released this year read […]

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3 d. ago Thousands Expected to Join ‘Hands Off Greenland’ Demonstrations Nationwide

When flags fly colder than the wind: Greenlanders march to defend a home On a late-summer afternoon the sky over Nuuk looked like a watercolor—pale blue washed thin over jagged ice. People gathered anyway, bundled into thick coats, Greenlandic flags snapping bright against the chill. They came not just from the capital but from tiny […]

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5 d. ago Somalia, Türkiye sign labour agreement to expand workforce cooperation

The agreement sets a legal framework for sharing expertise, exchanging documents, and coordinating labour policies between Türkiye and Somalia.

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6 d. ago Dispute Erupts Over Reported Number of Prisoners Freed in Venezuela

A Slow Unraveling: Venezuela’s Puzzle of Prisoner Releases and the People Left Waiting On a sun-baked morning in Caracas, a cluster of women sat beneath a weathered ficus outside a municipal court, clutching crumpled photographs of sons and brothers whose faces time had not yet forgiven. They spoke softly but urgently — their sentences threaded […]

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7 d. ago Trump to meet opposition leader Machado amid mounting pressure on Venezuela

Outside El Rodeo: Waiting, Hope and the Politics of a Prisoner Release On a dusty stretch of road about 30 kilometres west of Caracas, tens of relatives sleep in the stubborn buzz of fluorescent lights and the occasional bark of a security guard’s radio. Tents, folding chairs and the smell of strong coffee mix with […]

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9 d. ago Nationwide Demonstrations Condemn ICE Agent’s Shooting of Woman

They Came for Renee — and for Something Bigger The air in Minneapolis felt like glass: brittle, clear, and cold enough to make conversations short and fierce. Even so, thousands of people pushed through snow-packed streets and clutched signs with mittened hands, chanting a name that had become, in the span of a few days, […]

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1 week ago Trump oo qaaday go’aan kale oo ka dhan ah Soomaalida Mareykanka

Jan 09(Jowhar)-Xoghayaha Maaliyadda Mareykanka, Scott Bessent, ayaa ku dhawaaqay go’aan saameyn weyn ku yeelanaya dadka ku nool Minnesota, gaar ahaan Soomaalida. Laga bilaabo berrito, qof kasta oo qaata gargaarka dowladda (Public Assistance) looma oggolaan doono inuu lacag dibadda u diro. Xoghayaha ayaa sheegay in tallaabadan looga gol-leeyahay in lagu joojiyo wax uu ugu yeeray “lacagta […]

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1 week ago Somalia: President Hassan Sheikh Rejects Israeli Recognition Efforts, Reaffirms Somalia’s Sovereignty

Mogadishu — President of the Federal Republic of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, has firmly rejected any attempt by Israel or its Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to influence or divide Somalia, stating that no foreign-written document can undermine the country’s unity or sovereignty.

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1 week ago Somalia: Mogadishu Clerics Lead Protest Against Israeli Interference

Mogadishu, Somalia — Somali religious leaders on Wednesday led a public protest in Mogadishu opposing what they described as Israeli interference and threats to Somalia’s national unity.

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2 w. ago North Korean leader’s daughter seen visiting state mausoleum

At the Mausoleum: A Quiet Photograph and a Loud Question There are images that speak in a dozen languages at once, and then there are images that aim for silence. North Korea’s state news agency released a few such photographs recently—glossy, staged, and instantly thorny—showing a young girl flanked by her parents in the cavernous, […]

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2 w. ago National Guard Pulled Back from Chicago, Los Angeles and Portland

When the Convoys Left: Cities Exhale, Washington Recalibrates On an ordinary morning in late December, semi-quiet streets in three American cities snapped back into a quieter kind of normal. Armored Humvees and gray National Guard trucks — symbols that had dominated sidewalks and public squares for months — were being loaded, engines idling, then turned […]

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3 w. ago Bulgaria switches to the euro amid public fear and economic uncertainty

On the Brink: Bulgaria’s Leap into the Euro and the Uneasy Calm Along the Danube There is a quiet energy in the air in Sofia this winter — not the celebratory kind you might expect when a country takes another step deeper into Europe, but something more complicated: a mixture of pride, nerves and a […]

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3 w. ago Lukewarm early voter turnout in Myanmar election suggests public apathy

Ink on Fingers, Silence in the Streets: Myanmar’s Election That Felt Like a Postcard From a Country at War When the polling stations opened, the ritual was familiar: the dip of an index finger into indelible ink, the soft shuffle toward a cardboard booth, the hushed murmur of names crossing the ballot. But the scene […]

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3 w. ago Israel Announces Recognition of Somaliland as Independent State

Jerusalem — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced that Israel has officially recognized the Republic of Somaliland as an independent state, according to a statement released by his office.

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3 w. ago Authorities uncover over one million additional potential Jeffrey Epstein documents

A Million Papers, One Pause: Inside the New Pause in the Epstein File Releases On a gray December morning in Manhattan, the courthouse steps felt unusually crowded with a different kind of foot traffic — not the usual lawyers and tourists, but reporters with steaming coffee, advocates clutching folders, and neighbours peering out from behind […]

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3 w. ago Thousands of newly unsealed documents linked to Jeffrey Epstein made public

When the Files Unfurl: A Morning the Internet Couldn’t Look Away From The delivery arrived not by courier but by pixels — a vast, blinking download queue on the U.S. Justice Department’s website that made newsroom Slack channels light up and social feeds tilt for a few breathless hours. At least 8,000 new documents, the […]

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3 w. ago Thousands of Jeffrey Epstein documents newly unsealed and released to the public

A Flood of Files, a Nation Uneasy: Inside the Latest Release of the Epstein Records On a quiet weekday morning, the Department of Justice’s website turned into the most unwanted photo album in recent American memory. Thousands of files — documents, emails, and dozens of video clips — suddenly became public, part of a mandated […]

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4 w. ago Trump administration denies concealing Jeffrey Epstein files amid cover

Black Ink on White Paper: What the Partially Censored Epstein Files Reveal — and Hide On an overcast morning in Washington, stacks of legal paper landed in inboxes and on news desks like small, strange snowdrifts: court filings, photos, and binding memos about Jeffrey Epstein, the financier whose crimes have become a mirror reflecting power, […]

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4 w. ago Newly released Jeffrey Epstein files: top takeaways and revelations

A file cabinet opened, but the light is still dim When the Department of Justice slid a fresh tranche of documents about Jeffrey Epstein across the public table, the world leaned in. The papers — part of a court-ordered release that officials say will continue in weeks to come — promised to answer questions that […]

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