Glacier National Park’s ice fortress is crumbling. The giant trees of Sequoia National Park are ablaze. And even the tenacious cacti of Saguaro National Park are struggling to endure a decades-long drought. Since their creation, national parks have embodied the pioneering spirit of America in their vast expanses and breathtaking landscapes. But today, the climate … Read more
Responding to the government’s plan to limit the flow of foreign students, the International Education Council said it could harm Australia’s reputation of being a world-class study destination, and warned against setting a one-size-fits-all solution. Australia had announced its plan to set a cap on international student enrolments to help with the national housing demand … Read more
India’s six-week election resumed Monday including in Kashmir, where voters were expected to show their discontent with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s cancellation of their disputed territory’s semi-autonomy and the security crackdown that followed. Modi remains popular across much of India and his Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is widely expected to win the poll when … Read more
Equities fluctuated Monday with traders taking a breather after the past weeks’ healthy run as they absorbed weak Chinese data and news that Beijing planned to start selling almost $140 billion of bonds to boost the stuttering economy. Reports that the White House planned to ramp up tariffs on clean energy products from the Asian … Read more
“Minecraft”, “Valheim”, and “Raft”, just to name a few: Small or even one-man teams from Sweden have produced more video game hits than one would expect from a small country. “It’s the cold weather — you sit inside, you game, you don’t really have anything to do outside,” Philip Westre, who co-founded the small game … Read more
Farmer Chhim Laem shakes his head as he walks between long rows of dead bushes, their brown leaves scorched by heat and drought that have devastated Cambodia’s famed Kampot pepper crop. Known for its intense floral flavour, Kampot pepper is prized by top chefs around the world and sells for up to $200 per kilo. … Read more
Russia said Sunday it had captured four more villages in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, as thousands of residents were evacuated from the offensive in an area where Russian troops had been pushed back in 2022. President Volodymyr Zelensky said that “fierce fighting” was under way and governor Oleg Synegubov said “all areas” of the regional border … Read more
Several thousand Georgians gathered outside parliament in Tbilisi Sunday night in a fresh protest against a Russian-styled “foreign agent” bill, despite government officials warning of arrests. Demonstrations have gripped the tiny Caucasus country for weeks over the bill targeting NGOs, dubbed the “Russian law” as it mirrors repressive legislation used by the Kremlin to silence … Read more
Lyuda Zelenskaya and Liuba Konovalova, both in their 70s, held each other through “terrifying” Russian attacks on their village near Vovchansk in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, where Russia launched a surprise ground offensive. “Lyuda was hugging my head, she was holding me like this,” 70-year-old Konovalova recounted, embracing her friend in return. Locals in the area … Read more
Richard Rung recalls it vividly: German artillery firing on his landing craft, the sound of machine gun bullets striking the vessel, blood mixed with seawater on the deck, troops crying on the beach. It has been nearly eight decades since Rung landed in France on D-Day — June 6, 1944 — as a 19-year-old US … Read more
