Nation/World Opinions

The year is 1787, and Benjamin Franklin has just minted the very first penny. In a couple of years, the penny will begin circulating as a staple currency in the newly formed United States...

If you want to understand why extreme voices take over political movements so fast, you don’t need a textbook — you just need to look at what happened after Charlie Kirk was killed earlier this year...

Between March and October 2000, the NASDAQ Composite stock market index dropped by 77%. This crash was triggered by the burst of the “dot-com bubble,” where investors realized...

Five out of nine Supreme Court Justices are all it takes to overturn or assert a law as constitutional. Five Justices, appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate, can determine the fate of laws...

Warning signs are emerging in what was once one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. Prices are falling, developers are collapsing, and the population is shrinking...

Africa — the birthplace of humanity — is bleeding, and the world barely notices. News outlets fill screens with updates from Gaza or Kyiv, yet they fall silent when...

After more than two years of devastating conflict, Israel and Hamas have agreed to a ceasefire and hostage-exchange deal that offers a rare moment of calm in one of the world’s most deeply divided regions...

In an interview, Harm Reduction International and Global Fund Trustee Ms. Palani Narayanan discussed the pressing question: What is hate speech? This question connects to the concern of harmful content...

Iran is in the midst of a generational upheaval that is inevitable. Driven by education, technology, and desire for freedom, today’s youth are not just more engaged and informed than past generations...

When Zohran Mamdani, a Ugandan-born upstart from Queens, surged to an upset primary victory in New York City against Andrew Cuomo, a seasoned Democrat with decades of experience, many saw Mamdani as a new face...

You’ve probably seen him on social media, even if you don’t know his name. A matcha latte in hand, a feminist paperback peeking from a tote bag, a meticulously curated Letterboxed page...

TikTok isn’t just shaping what teenagers watch — it’s shaping what they believe, turning viral trends and funny memes into political “truths” before most people have time to check the facts...

North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s (NATO) problem isn’t capacity — it’s nerve. On September 10, 2025, after Russian drones violated Polish airspace and were shot down...

For years, anti-immigration rallies in the United Kingdom looked the same: a few hundred angry young men waving flags, shouting slurs, and sometimes fighting with the police. They were easy to ignore...

The United Nations (UN), once hailed as the pinnacle of post-war diplomacy and a testament to the lessons learned from the League of Nations, has become a relic of the twentieth century — a well-intentioned institution struggling to keep pace with a rapidly evolving world...