The artificial intelligence race is gathering pace, and the stakes could not be higher.
Whether it was gold, diamonds, or iron, the history of Brazil has been shaped for centuries by the hunt for minerals.
Nicaragua’s crackdown on the political opposition, free press, and civil society is intensifying.
Ravaged by a pandemic, a brutal war in Europe, and rising social unrest over unaffordable food and fuel, the world looks anything but safe
Russia’s motives for invading Ukraine vary from security fears to revisionist historical claims that a Ukrainian national identity does not exist
Jutting out from the second-largest continent, the Horn of Africa is one of the world’s regions most vulnerable to climate change
Cities are the front line of climate change as perpetrators, victims, and problem-solvers
Yet now more than ever, humanity’s collective future hinges on effective cooperation
The U.S. military responded less than 48 hours later with an unmanned airstrike in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province
At first sight, the global vaccination rollout is mesmerizing
Nuclear weapons are without doubt the most indiscriminate and inhumane weapons ever conceived
If we didn’t know already, the COVID-19 pandemic has driven home the fact that data is the most important strategic asset of the 21st century
Cities around the world are getting smarter.
All coastal cities are vulnerable to climate change
One of the many injustices of climate change is it hits the world’s poorest countries hardest
When Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro repeatedly downplayed the threat of COVID-19, Brazilians were understandably confused about the gravity of the pandemic.
Late last year, Colombia’s federal police arrested Diego Optra, a crime boss who heads a ruthless gang called La Local in the port city of Buenaventura.
All during 2020, as the coronavirus pandemic swept around the world, another novel virus with devastating long-term effects spread unnoticed worldwide
At 8:45 pm, five gunmen stormed the Holey Artisan Bakery, an upscale establishment in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.
Central Asia was long a digital backwater
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