Summits so often promise more than they can deliver. The Russians have spun the Anchorage summit as a great victory, and perhaps it is for them, but the Americans have been suspiciously quiet about what was decided on ending the war in Ukraine.

Cuba sent doctors and food to Vietnam during the war. Now ordinary Vietnamese are sending cash to struggling Cubans.

The women's wing of a mental health centre run by the Afghan Red Crescent Society (ARCS) is the largest of only a handful of facilities in the country dedicated to helping women with mental illnesses.

The Digital School Project aims to provide a path back to education or vocational training for out-of-school adolescents in Zambia.

This essay is an adaptation from Wang’s forthcoming book, Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future, which is available August 26, 2025. In cutting off rare-earth magnets, officials in Beijing flexed but one finger.

A Korean champion of stillness reveals why giving your brain blank space can spark creativity, clarity, and calm.

With record-breaking quantities of the seaweed set to hit Mexico’s beaches, experts propose converting it into biogas and construction materials, as well as using it to underwrite carbon credits.

The year began with a new U.S. president and hope for a ceasefire in the grinding war but instead the fighting continues and the children keep dying.