I consider the world was in an interregnum from 1990 to 2001. A bipolar world dominated by the West and the Soviet Union ended. A triumph of liberal democracy did not ensure world order. There were disorders at domestic...
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has analyzed Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) indicators in 90 countries, including 48 developing nations, to provide cost estimates for achieving the SDGs. This analysis, released during the UN's SDG Summit,...
Saudi and Iranian sports have politics written into their DNA.
Little more than a decade ago, Saudi Arabia fielded three expatriate Saudi women athletes at the 2012 London Olympics to avoid an International Olympic Committee (IOC) ban on participation.
The IOC...
In his congratulatory message to Maldives’ President-elect Mohamed Muizzu, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated on social media that ‘India remains committed to strengthening the time-tested… bilateral relationship and enhancing our overall cooperation in the Indian Ocean Region’. The...
The Group of 77 (G77), consisting of 134 developing countries, concluded a two-day summit in Havana, Cuba, with a call for a new global order. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel, who chairs the organization, emphasized that it's time for the...
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A multi-agency report, coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), highlights that at the halfway point of the 2030 Agenda, the planet is far from meeting its climate goals. This failure has negative consequences for addressing hunger, poverty, health,...
World Meteorological Organization
The international community has mounted an emergency relief operation for Libya, where devastating flooding triggered dam bursts, killing thousands of people and sweeping entire neighbourhoods into the sea.
UN Humanitarian Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths said that "climate...
THE G-20 meeting in Delhi was occurring in the midst of an acute economic crisis of the world economy. The advanced capitalist economies are expected by the IMF to witness a growth slowdown from 2.7 per cent in 2022...
In the complex realm of contemporary Russia, social life has become a challenging cauldron of ideas, dissent, and resistance. Under the regime of President Vladimir Putin, the nation’s intellectual circles have traversed a disturbing path, marked by a delicate...
Saudi Arabia’s stunning sports acquisition blitz, alongside Qatari and Emirati European club purchases, may reshape the beautiful game, just not in ways Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and other Gulf rulers like Qatari Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani...
