Category: World

Thirty-four countries. Over 80% renewable. Every one of them proof that a clean grid isn’t a pipe dream. Each found its own route. Kenya taps geothermal steam from the Rift Valley. Mountain rivers power Bhutan and Nepal. Denmark and Lithuania harvest the wind. Iceland runs on volcanic heat. Uruguay went from oil imports to near-total […]

Russia’s international standing collapsed within weeks of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Sanctions swept across Russian banks, businesses and political elites, while western companies exited the country en masse. For those living inside Russia, it was the everyday, tangible shifts that made this feel real. Western goods disappeared from supermarket shelves, direct flights to Europe […]

LONDON — Driven by the rapid proliferation of artificial intelligence workloads and custom silicon adoption, the global data center chip market is projected to cross $1 trillion by 2035, according to a report published by industry research firm DC Market Insights. The sector was valued at $314.87 billion in 2025 and is expected to reach […]

WASHINGTON — A persistent $2.5 trillion global trade finance gap is restricting millions of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from accessing the liquidity needed to trade, manage cash flow, and grow operations—a financing bottleneck impacting businesses across both developed markets and emerging economies. According to research from the World Bank Group and international development banks, […]

An indictment was unsealed today in the District of Delaware charging Jamar Geeter, 39, of San Francisco, California, Kalvin Carter Jr., 44, of Waldorf, Maryland, and Jada Hasty, 29, of Coatesville, Pennsylvania, with conspiracy to commit sex trafficking of a minor by force, fraud, and coercion, sex trafficking, and coercion and enticement of a minor. Geeter […]

As autumn sets in and temperatures fall across the northern hemisphere, vaccination campaigns are getting underway. Vaccination is not just the most effective way to prevent severe forms of infection and avoid hospital admissions – it also protects health systems, preventing them from becoming overburdened when annual case numbers reach their peak. The viruses that […]

Ygor Fokin Saviolli, 35, a Brazilian national, was sentenced today to 12 years in prison for his role as a manager and supervisor in a money laundering organization that laundered more than $30 million in illicit proceeds, including the proceeds of drug trafficking. On September 24, five co-defendants received sentences ranging from 94 months in prison to 12 months […]

This month marks the one-year anniversary of El Fasher’s fall to the Rapid Support Forces and the horrific atrocities that followed. The United Nations Fact-Finding Mission has documented systematic starvation, torture, killings, rape, and deliberate ethnic targeting. Civilians slaughtered as they fled the sieged city, patients and staff killed in their hospitals. Women and girls […]

British businesses developing quantum technologies are being backed to keep our railways running, reduce eye scan waits, and keep our military connected, improving lives for people across the country. Innovators turning this new science into real-world solutions are being backed with a share of £50 million. This is part of a new government package to […]

In the 20th century, commercial whaling devastated the world’s great whales. Some populations were pushed close to extinction before international protections gave them the chance to recover. Whales grow slowly. Mature slowly. Reproduce slowly. So when their numbers collapse, recovery takes time. But recover they have. Several populations have rebounded dramatically. Blue whales have multiplied […]