Afghan opium crop plummets after Taliban ban, UN survey finds
Afghanistan used to produce more than 80% of global opium but a Taliban ban has cut that to a fraction.
Pirates fire grenades and board vessel off Somali coast
The attack comes amid a resurgence of piracy in the region in recent days.
Cars in German city found smeared with swastikas in blood, police say
Cars, walls and postboxes have been defaced, in what appears to be human blood.
Miss Universe contestants stage walkout after organiser berates Miss Mexico
Miss Mexico, Fatima Bosch, said Nawat Itsaragrisil was ‘not respectful’ at a pre-pageant ceremony on Tuesday
Ron DeSantis says GOP election losses are because Republicans have all moved to Florida
During an appearance on Fox News last night, anti-LGBTQ+ Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) spoke with host Sean Hannity about what Hannity called a “mass
JD Vance’s reaction to a big 24 hours in US politics is telling
Don’t be led by what appears to be obvious.
Aid entering Gaza since ceasefire is “wholly insufficient”
Shaina Low on aid entering Gaza since the ceasefire being far below what’s needed to meet the desperate needs.
Could soaring global debt trigger the next financial crisis?
The IMF says global public debt could exceed 100% of GDP by the end of the decade.
Gaza’s fragile freedom
Al Jazeera’s Ibrahim al-Khalili reflects on his brother’s release and the deep scars left on freed Palestinian prisoners
Did Bill Gates really say we don’t need to address climate change?
Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates has been in the news of late, with claims that he has changed his stance on climate change, following
Vaping has slowed progress in cutting teen smoking in NZ—new study
Smoking rates among adults have declined in Aotearoa New Zealand over recent decades, from 18% smoking regularly in 2011/12 to 8% in 2023/24.
Urban living linked to chronic stress epidemic in modern humans
Chronic stress is on the rise—the result of an evolutionary mismatch that our bodies and brains, adapted over hundreds of thousands of years to hunter-gatherer
Humain pushes for an AI-first computing experience — but there are skeptics
Five months ago, Humain made a bold promise: it would change the way people interact with computers. The Saudi Arabian company, launched only last May, argued it