Independent Analysis and Reportage
As millions gather for Hajj, they will circle the Kaaba, which is draped in the black cloth known as the kiswah – a sacred object shaped by centuries of faith, politics and power.
For shoppers tying to avoid Amazon, its expansion into shipping and logistics for thousands of companies makes that choice more difficult.
The English assumed people they colonized would convert to their way of life, including Protestant Christianity – an assumption reflected in Pocahontas’ portrait.
After more than a decade, external security intervention has left the Sahel region more fragmented, militarised and violent.
News fatigue is not a personal failing, but a result of an evolutionary brain being asked to process a large volume of bad news from around the world.
Heart disease isn’t just a “man’s problem”. Men and women’s bodies handle fats differently in midlife. What are the cardiovascular risk factors and is hormone therapy good for heart health?
We are trading one problem — not enough teachers — for another and much deeper problem: lesser qualified teachers.
Donald Trump isn’t the first American president to fall prey to the allure of U.S. military might and to ignore its limitations.
In his first encyclical, Pope Leo XIV has called for much closer regulation of AI technology, particularly in military settings.
By 2100, 100 million Americans could breathe unhealthy air in the summer, seven times more than in 2000.
Fact-checking can take hours or days while fakes can be created in seconds. So, what do we do?
In nations as far apart as Australia, Canada, Indonesia and the UK, this is how a historic court decision could make it easier for unions to go on strike in future.