3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (314+ words) Brent oil, the international benchmark, jumped above $100 a barrel yesterday for the first time since the end of July on a fresh flare-up in the Middle East war, adding to concerns over high inflation. The jump in crude futures -- with…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (368+ words) North Korea and Russia opened their first road bridge on Monday in a carefully choreographed display of friendship, a structure which spans the Tumen river and which both sides cast as an important milestone in their deepening strategic partnership. The…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (351+ words) The Rohingya crisis can easily be reduced to numbers: refugees, camps, deaths, displacement and decades without citizenship. But behind these numbers is a generation that has grown up amid statelessness and exile, yet is increasingly finding ways to speak for…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (319+ words) Australia has proposed new laws that would require social media platforms to let users decide whether they want algorithmically recommended content in their feeds, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Tuesday, as per a recent report by Reuters. Under the…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (335+ words) Adidas Arabia, the regional arm of German sportswear giant Adidas, has apologised after an advertising campaign featuring a former Israeli soldier sparked an online backlash and renewed calls to boycott the brand. The campaign featured Shalev Biton, who lost his…...

5+ day, 48+ min ago   (427+ words) Mugger crocodiles bask along the edge of the shrinking reservoir, waiting like everything else in Sri Lanka's drought-hit Yala National Park for the green tankers that come every day to pump in water. From next week, park managers will be…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (301+ words) Tobacco remains a leading cause of disease globally, the study said, noting many "non-smokers exposed to second-hand smoke" were among the estimate total of 8 million people who died in 2023 of smoking-related illnesses. "Exposure to second-hand smoke is a globally recognised…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago   (599+ words) Palestinian sports commentator Khalil Jadallah has spent the past three years mourning the athletes killed in the Gaza war. As Palestinian football officially resumed this week, his return to the stadium proved bittersweet. Palestinian professional sports were brought to a…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago   (980+ words) The world's food system is under growing stress, and new research is pointing to areas where this could lead to conflict. Severe droughts and extreme weather are damaging harvests in many regions. A developing El Niño event is even threatening…...