1885: The Indian National Congress (INC) convenes to make demands from the colonial British government on behalf of Indians of all regions, religions, castes, classes et al. The British administration ...

The peculiarities of classical Greece make empirical theories of political revolution much easier to imagine than in, say, the Persian Empire, which was a hereditary monarchy for pretty much its ...

Legal deforestation has stripped Sumatra’s watersheds of natural flood defenses, turning extreme rainfall into a predictable humanitarian disaster. Plantation expansion and sanctioned land clearing ...

On December 7, thousands of Brazilians marched to protest femicide and violence against women. Brazil has a deep-rooted history of misogyny, racism and inequality, and though the country has improved ...

The Sri Lankan Navy’s innovative small-boat concept transformed its naval operations against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The adaptability of these smaller vessels has successfully altered ...

Myanmar has been gripped by civil war, leading to widespread suffering, poverty and displacement since the military coup in 2021. The upcoming elections promised by the generals ruling the country ...

In Madagascar, a youth-led revolt has toppled a president and ushered in a military-led transition. Sparked by protests over collapsing public services and shrinking freedoms, the uprising drew in the ...

Across social media and the wellness economy, “Monk Mode” mutates a metaphor into a product line. Monk Mode hashtags command over 76 million views on TikTok, fueled by productivity influencers like ...

AI is transforming maternal healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa, using tools like SMS alerts to connect pregnant women with care. The technology has brought a reduction in maternal, neonatal and ...

Jenkins grew up in a cotton mill town in the Appalachian foothills of North Carolina, in a family where mill work begins young and college is more aspiration than inheritance. His parents insisted he ...

Brigitte Bardot was a symbol of female liberation and cinematic allure in the 1960s, yet her later years revealed troubling bigotry and far-right views. Her legacy challenges us to separate art from ...

I woke up Saturday morning to the shocking news that US President Donald Trump had ordered the US invasion of Venezuela and the removal of its unanimously declared illegitimate president, Nicolás ...