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Families in Gaza are bracing for a fourth winter in tents and makeshift shelters as UN aid operations face mounting obstacles, with transport suspended on Tuesday due to Israel’s closure of the key Kerem Shalom crossing...
The Peterson Institute for International Economics presents its post 2026 midterm election briefing on what the election results and incoming Congress could mean for US and international economic policy. Cullen S. Hendri...
Despite the agency's human resources department saying he hadn’t even been onboarded, Jeremy Lewin oversaw the destruction of USAID. It’s not clear he had the legal authority to do so.
Event contract exchanges see a two-in-three chance that Democrats take control of both the House and Senate.
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President Donald Trump has threatened to double tariffs on Canadian vehicles and parts from 25% to 50% if a trade deal is not reached between the two countries.
A government watchdog is considering a probe into the Home Office’s use of ChatGPT technology to process asylum claims amid concerns over the tools’ accuracy and secrecy surrounding their use.
New approach. The leaders of Finland and Norway spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin by phone to try to advance efforts to end the war in Ukraine.
From Gaza to Yemen, women and girls are facing ever greater dangers this year simply surviving in war zones. The Security Council meets Tuesday to debate the best way to improve security for women caught up in conflict.
An estimated 66.5 million domestic workers – representing more than four out of five domestic workers worldwide – were informally employed in 2025, a new report by the UN’s labour organisation has found.
How whales have outsized and not-sufficiently-well-recognized positive environmental effects.