Category: World

Yesterday, the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division filed a lawsuit against Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) over MPS’ collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with a teachers’ union which preferences teachers who are members of an “underrepresented population” in employment decisions and prioritizes “Black Men Teach Fellows” for certain employment benefits, terms, and conditions. “Discrimination is unacceptable in […]

In 2024, the global art market hit an estimated $57.5 billion (€49.5 billion) in sales, according to the Art Basel and UBS Art Market Report 2025, underscoring art’s significance as an asset class. Art is traditionally associated with noble motivations and heritage. However, the art market, with its high value per unit transactions, subjective and/or manipulated valuations, […]

The U.S. Department of State will host the U.S.-Republic of Korea (ROK) Senior Economic Dialogue (SED) on December 10, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Under Secretary for Economic Affairs Jacob Helberg will meet with ROK Second Vice Foreign Minister Kim Jina to discuss ways to advance bilateral economic and industrial cooperation, including cooperation under the U.S.-ROK […]

“There is so much intrusion from all sides and corners,” a Sami reindeer herder tells me, reacting to a government decision to grant a mining permit in Gállok in the Sápmi region in Sweden’s far north. Sápmi is the communal land of the Indigenous Sami people. Their land ranges through northern parts of Norway, Sweden, […]

Paxful Holdings Inc., an online virtual currency trading platform, agreed to plead guilty yesterday to a three-count information filed in the Eastern District of California and agreed to pay a criminal penalty of $4 million based on its ability to pay. “Paxful made millions of dollars in part by knowingly moving cryptocurrency for the benefit […]

Africa Today: A Brief on Key Developments Across the Continent Security & Human Rights: Turmoil in Tanzania — Protests Blocked and Rights Under Pressure On 9 December 2025, authorities in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s commercial capital, deployed police and army forces in strength to block planned Independence Day protests. The demonstrations had been called by […]

President Donald Trump unveiled a sweeping US$12 billion economic assistance package for American farmers, aimed at easing financial pressure on the agriculture sector amid trade disruptions and rising production costs. Reuters+2News-Times+2 Speaking at a White House roundtable with agriculture officials and lawmakers on Monday 8th of Dec, Trump described U.S. farmers as “the backbone of […]

Glasgow — The mother of a University of Glasgow student who died after being incorrectly told he would not be eligible to graduate has collected his degree in an emotional ceremony that has renewed scrutiny of marking and assessment processes in higher education. Ethan Scott Brown had been informed he could not graduate after receiving […]

The text of the following joint fact sheet was released by the Governments of the United States and Australia on the occasion of the 35th Australia-U.S. Ministerial Consultations. Begin Text: Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth hosted Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for […]