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China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project signals a shift where water infrastructure rivals oil as a foundation of global influence, reshaping politics and national power across Asia.
Putin's Moscow summit with Tanzania's president celebrates 65 years of ties and a 25% trade surge, yet Ukraine drones struck St Petersburg during the...
The OECD stresses that conflict duration will determine economic fallout, with prolonged instability risking severe slowdown.
Rubio's first public testimony on the Iran war revealed bipartisan pressure over military strategy, transparency, and rising costs.
Park Gyeong-je's 45-year beekeeping career shows climate change hitting livelihoods hard.
Senator Risch backed USAID's dismantling, seen as delaying Ebola detection in Africa.
A new report shows lead poisoning affects 815 million children globally and causes 3.5 million cardiovascular deaths yearly, with $6 trillion in...
Nations are casting ballots at UN Headquarters for five non-permanent Security Council seats, one of the year's most important diplomatic events...
A Livermore Lab talk highlights how domestic divisions cause the US to lose reliability as an ally and credibility as an adversary abroad. Internal polarization directly undermines consistent international engagement.
The WMO forecasts a 75% chance the 2026-2030 average exceeds 1.5°C and an 86% chance one year breaks the 2024 record, with El Niño likely amplifying...
Diplomatic signals on the Strait of Hormuz directly moved oil markets and gas prices. Trump's May 2026 comments on talks triggered a 5.66% WTI drop to...
Eric Garcetti's appointment to WRI's Global Board bolsters efforts linking urban resilience with global climate diplomacy. His track record—from...
Harmeet K. Dhillon, Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights at the U.S. Department of Justice, addressed the growing threat of antisemitism at AJC Global Forum 2026.
A 2022 European heatwave tied to climate change damaged Spanish olive harvests and reduced UK chicken output, pushing food prices up 0.7%. The same extreme weather also raised energy costs and strained supply chains.
The DRC-Uganda Ebola outbreak exposes fractures in global health governance as US retrenchment collides with urgent needs.
Yvette Cooper's Beijing visit underscores UK's strategy of engaging China on global crises despite tensions.
EU member states adopted a new framework merging scientific cooperation with foreign policy objectives.
The US-Iran conflict is hitting two fronts at once.
