Promoting democracy around the world is one of Switzerland’s goals, but at the same time the funds for such efforts are dwindling. A case in Bangladesh illustrates what this means in practice ...

Eleven years after Narendra Modi’s rise in 2014, with promises of “Achhe Din” and a transformed India, the nation stands at a ...

Democracy, as once imagined, was never truly born in the way its idealists had hoped. It arrived not as a promise fulfilled, but as a compromise negotiated, partial, flawed and vulnerable. We envision ...

Asian equities were primed to open lower Thursday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said he expected inflation to ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth testifies on the Hill, Trump grapples with the Israel-Iran conflict, and the Supreme Court ...

The budget cuts threaten global progress on everything from heart disease to H.I.V. — and could affect American drug ...

The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has denounced the ratification of a prison sentence against former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, describing it as a political ...

A dramatic shift in global dynamics is reshaping economic and financial landscapes, setting the stage for profound, long-term ...

Elon Musk's X Corp sues New York over its hate speech law, arguing it violates First Amendment rights and pressures platforms ...

Elon Musk's X Corp has filed a lawsuit challenging a New York state law that requires social media companies to report how ...

The 2025 Global Peace Index (GPI), released today by the Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP), reveals a continuing decline in global peacefulness, with many key indicators that precede major conflic ...