Afghanistan under Taliban a “society of gender apartheid”
“The Taliban now post guards at UN offices to prevent women from going to their jobs.”, Quotable David Sedney, a former US deputy assistant secretary of defense, says that Afghan society is suffering under “gender apartheid”. Published On 17 Dec 2025,2025-12-17 15:23:00,Read MoreContinue Reading
What are things like for women, 15 years after the Arab Spring?
Fifteen years after the Arab Spring, the women who lit the spark still struggle for influence, equality and protection, What are things like for women, 15 years after the Arab Spring? By the Numbers Published On 17 Dec 2025,2025-12-17 14:52:00,Read MoreContinue Reading
Will stocks keep climbing in 2026?
Markets shrugged off everything in 2025 — and now the majority on Wall Street are optimistic for next year. But tech is still looking stretched and AI doubts are creeping in. Are you positioned for what comes next? Peter Devlin takes a look. #stocks #market #ai #tech #wallstreetContinue Reading
China’s Clean Energy Investments Abroad Are a Boon for Climate, but Human Rights and the Environment Are a Different Story
Chinese companies have pledged hundreds of billions of dollars in clean energy manufacturing investments overseas. The projects could help lower emissions, but they are having significant social, environmental and human rights impacts. By Nicholas Kusnetz Planet China: Twelfth in a series about how Beijing’s trillion-dollar development plan is reshaping theContinue Reading
2025 Open Science Recognition Prize by the American Geophysical Union
Award: The American Geophysical Union’s 2025 Open Science Recognition Prize, awarded to a person or team for outstanding work in advancing Open Science related to Earth and space science and its impact globally. Awarded to: Dr. Chelle Gentemann, senior program executive at the International Computer Science Institute on an IntergovernmentalContinue Reading
Caley Burke
Caley Burke Mission Manager, Launch Services Program Caley Burke is a mission manager with NASA’s Launch Services Program (LSP) at John F. Kennedy Space Center in Florida. As the agency’s primary representative to LSP’s spacecraft customers, she guides them through the end-to-end launch services provided by LSP – from earlyContinue Reading
FACT CHECK: Rodante Marcoleta is still senator
Claim: Rodante Marcoleta has been removed from his position as senator because of a perjury complaint filed with the Ombudsman. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: The Facebook post making the false claim has gained 4,800 reactions, 2,400 comments, and 161 shares as of writing. The page that posted it,Continue Reading
Born in a warzone: The last maternity hospital in eastern Ukraine | DW News
In Ukraine’s Donbas region, this frontline hospital delivers babies only kilometers from the battlefield. Staff shortages and daily attacks define its reality, but families still welcome new life here every month. #Ukraine #Donbas #Hospital #dwstories For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dwnews ►TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dwnewsContinue Reading
On Brazil’s Combu Island, chocolate makers hold clues to climate action
Combu Island – Ilha do Combu in Portuguese – rises like a wall of living green from Brazil’s Guamá River. It is a testament to centuries of shared existence between the forest and its riverside communities. Here, cupuaçu, taperebá, pupunha, araçá and cacao are more than fruits; they are threadsContinue Reading
‘When finance flows, ambition grows’: COP30’s call for action
In Belém, Brazil, as the world turns its eyes to the Amazon where COP30 has been underway for the past week, one question looms large: can climate finance move from pledge to lifeline?Continue Reading
Economic Liberties Senior Fellow Katherine Van Dyck to Testify Before US House Committee on How Private Equity is Gutting Youth Sports
This morning at 10:00am EST, Economic Liberties Senior Legal Fellow Katherine Van Dyck will testify in front of the U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education at a hearing titled, “Benched: The Crisis in American Youth Sports and Its Cost toContinue Reading
Satellite images reveal Israeli demolitions in Gaza during ceasefire
Satellite images show Israeli forces in Gaza have continued to demolish civilian buildings during the ceasefire., Satellite images reveal Israeli demolitions in Gaza during ceasefire NewsFeed Satellite images show Israeli forces in Gaza have continued to demolish civilian buildings during the ceasefire in areas under their control, in breach ofContinue Reading
How can Ukraine rebuild China ties scarred by Russia’s war?
Beijing is a crucial trading partner of Kyiv, but its political ties have been hampered by Russia’s full-scale invasion., Kyiv, Ukraine – Back in the 1990s, China’s nascent capitalism triggered demand for Ukrainian steel slabs and iron ore, corn and sunflower oil. However, the most prized export items from impoverishedContinue Reading












