Eve Irvine is pleased to welcome Axel Berra-Vescio, French History-Geography and European section teacher in the Paris region. France's student protests are exposing what educators describe as years of structural neglect, widening educational inequa...

Europe's increasingly pragmatic engagement with Afghanistan's Taliban rulers is exposing a fundamental contradiction between diplomatic non-recognition and political necessity. In an investigation for The New York Times, Pakistan and Afghanistan bur...

Delano D'Souza is pleased to welcome Gökçe Tuncel, Sociologist and post-doctoral researcher associated with the Université Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC) and the School for Advanced Studies in the Social Sciences (EHESS) in Paris. What began as a prot...

More than six decades after thirteen pioneering women demonstrated they could meet the same demanding physical tests as America's first male astronauts, gender equality in space exploration remains an unfinished journey, explains Laurène Delsupexhe...

US defence technology start-up Anduril jointly developed the extra large submarine drone with Australia's defence scientists, and is building a Ghost Shark fleet for Canberra under a Au$1.8 billion (US$1.3 billion) contract. The AUKUS partners of A...

"I call it a bribe," says the American retiree. The scene is picture-perfect. Autumn leaves are turning russet, and there is a stunning mountain view in this corner of Pennsylvania, a key state in America's upcoming midterm elections. "We thought ...

Chipmakers and other firms linked to artificial intelligence were again under pressure owing to concerns about surging inflation, rising costs and questions about when the vast sums pumped into the sector in recent years would see a return. Last we...

This massive steel mill in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, fell silent in the 1990s. But the partially redeveloped industrial site came alive again at a recent Oktoberfest event featuring attendees in Bavarian dress, large beer steins and a massive screen...

Democrat James Talarico, a 37-year-old former teacher and aspiring Presbyterian minister, faces Republican Ken Paxton, a 63-year-old political survivor whose loyalty to President Donald Trump has helped him overcome years of scandal. Their contest ...

How can they all be right? The answer lies in how they measure El Nino's strength, with meteorological agencies using different methods to assess the climate phenomenon that make direct comparisons difficult. "By any measure, we are looking at a ...

He is one of more than 450 Palestinian amputees receiving care and prosthetic limbs at a centre in Amman and in Gaza, part of an initiative run by Jordan's Restoring Hope Society. Mahmoud, 15 On October 31, 2025, during the ongoing Gaza ceasefire ag...

Joao Vitor, who worked as a pizza maker, was 20 years old when he went out for a beer with a friend in 2023. Witnesses told Oliveira that police showed up and opened fire. "No mother is prepared to lose a child, much less in this way. My son's life...

"It's a good day when we see animals like this," said the Colombian environmental engineer, who is analysing underwater footage to measure the effects of marine protection. "This is conservation in action," said Mayorga, 36, who works for Pristine ...

Had the creature, known by its scientific name Pocota personata, disappeared and returned after all those years? Or did it simply fly around unnoticed this whole time? The mystery illustrates the challenge facing scientists seeking to catalogue the...