Four years ago, Colombia tried a new tack, electing a left-wing president for the first time. Since taking office, Gustavo Petro has raised income taxes for top earners, halted new oil exploration in a bid to phase out fossil fuels, expanded access to government services like education in rural areas, and hiked the country’s minimum wage by 23%. He has also tried to deal with the…
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has again blocked the Trump administration from transferring transgender women in federal custody into men’s prisons, extending emergency protections in a lawsuit that has become one of the country’s most significant legal fights over the treatment of transgender prisoners under President Donald Trump’s second administration.
U.S. District Judge Royce C.…
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Sudan marks a grim milestone today: three years of a civil war widely described as the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.
At least 59,000 people have been killed. There have been multiple accusations of genocide in Darfur. Fourteen million people – roughly a quarter of the population – have been forced from their homes, while 19 million face acute hunger. Now, the Iran war is driving up food…
The chaos and rapidly growing danger of Donald Trump’s presidency demand fundamental changes to US foreign policy and the powers of the executive…
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“Total boomer luxury communism” is the Right’s latest attempt to convince younger Americans to slash their own future benefits under the guise of sticking it to older generations.…
To fill the massive energy void from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, Delhi has turned once again to an old friend: Moscow. Soon after the Iran war began, the US temporarily allowed India to buy more Russian crude, after spending the preceding six months urging them to stop. The two Soviet-era pals are now set to go further: the…
AirDrop support is coming to Samsung's Quick Share feature on Galaxy S26 devices this week, allowing owners to directly share files and media with iPhones and Macs.
In a Sunday newsroom announcement, Samsung said the rollout is starting today in Korea, with devices in the U.S. to follow later this week. The feature will expand to more regions and on more Galaxy devices at a later date,…
Much as Europe did when Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine four years ago, Asia is turning to a retro, highly-polluting fuel source as the Iran conflict limits the supply of liquefied natural gas: coal. The continent relies heavily on natural gas for its electricity, much of it imported – in the form of liquefied natural gas – from…
ISLAMABAD: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is expected to extend about $10 billion in financing to Pakistan over the next five years under its 2026-30 Country Partnership Strategy (CPS2026-30) launched on Wednesday.
The CPS sets out “a roadmap to support the country’s transition to sustainable and inclusive growth through private sector-led development”, the Manila-based lending agency…
In moving to Florida, Palantir may now have stronger legal tools at its disposal to keep employees trapped. (Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images)
Palantir, the tech giant that is…
Israel is a world leader in the “new military urbanism” — crowd control, border surveillance, and counterterrorism — that has…
MSI has expanded its partnership with Samsung Display to confirm that all its QD OLED monitors for 2026 will use Penta Tandem technology. The new panel architecture replaces its existing four layer design with a five layer design in order to solve common brightness and longevity issues which affect OLED displays.
The Penta…
The civil-rights watchdog office charged with inspecting ICE detention facilities and investigating officers’ use of force has been…
Beelink has expanded the availability of its flagship SER10 Max mini PC to the global market. Following its recent release in China, this compact system is now available for pre order worldwide, featuring AMD’s Gorgon Point architecture. The global release of the product offers pre configured hardware only which differs…
Trump officials were thwarted last week when a judge blocked their plan to cancel the protected legal status of hundreds of thousands of Haitians in the United States. But for Haitian immigrants with this Temporary Protected Status, or TPS—granted when the U.S. government deems certain countries unsafe for citizens to return, offering these immigrants safe haven—the danger is far from over.
Many…