From the steppes of Central Asia to the corridors of Brussels, a quiet but seismic realignment is underway. Old alliances fracture, new ones calcify, and the institutions built after 1945 strain under pressures their founders never imagined. Our correspondents report from six continents.
A landmark report reveals the $100 billion annual pledge remains unmet, with only 38% disbursed to frontline nations most affected by warming.
After years of performative governance, internal AI oversight bodies at three major firms now hold actual veto power — and they're using it.
The S&P 500 climbed 1.8% and the Nasdaq surged 2.4% following remarks that hinted at rate relief before summer.
Beijing's People's Liberation Army Navy extended drills for a third consecutive day, drawing sharp rebukes from Washington and Tokyo.
After decades of stagnation, 14 countries have greenlit new reactors since 2024. Engineers argue the stigma no longer matches the science.
With four major mergers pending regulatory review, analysts predict the 12-streamer landscape will collapse to five dominant players by 2028.
Inflation has collapsed to single digits, but unemployment has soared. Economists are divided on whether the shock therapy is working.
A loose coalition of developers, scholars, and lawmakers is pushing for protocol-level reform that would break Big Tech's grip on content distribution.
International pledges remain largely on paper. On the ground, Ukrainians are rebuilding with what they have — creativity and stubbornness.
Eight military takeovers in five years have left West Africa's security architecture in tatters. France's withdrawal created a vacuum; Russia's Wagner Group filled it.
The Cauvery dispute has simmered for decades. Climate change is bringing it to a boil, threatening agriculture, cities, and interstate harmony.
With rare-earth deposits driving geopolitical interest, Nuuk navigates between Copenhagen, Washington, and Beijing with remarkable dexterity.
Temporary controls have become permanent fixtures. The political logic is clear; the legal and humanitarian costs are only now being tallied.
The latest benchmark has set the research community ablaze — but experts caution that practical quantum advantage remains years, perhaps decades, away.
Mistral, Falcon, and a dozen smaller models are eroding the moat that OpenAI and Anthropic once considered unassailable.
Neuralink's second human trial is proceeding quietly. Meanwhile, consumer-grade EEG headsets are already changing how gamers and meditators interact with technology.
The revised framework extends data sovereignty provisions to AI training sets, creating a compliance earthquake for every model trained on European citizens' data.
From a three-hour Taiwanese meditation on grief to a kinetic Lagos crime epic, this year's lineup suggests global cinema has found its post-pandemic voice.
Documentary series and narrative podcasts are commanding audiences that broadcast networks envy. The economics, once broken, are finally clicking.
A new generation of Seoul artists is using the format to tackle class anxiety, military conscription, and mental health in ways their predecessors never dared.
With gaming revenues eclipsing film and music combined, the medium is no longer borrowing from other art forms — it's lending to them.