Luis Buñuel passed away at the age of 84 in 1983, with his wife and long-time collaborator Jean-Claude Carrière at his side. Contrary to expectations, he chose Mexico as his final resting place, ...

Karol Nawrocki narrowly won Poland’s 2025 presidential election after voters turned against Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s government for failing to deliver on key promises. Nawrocki enters office with ...

Trump’s dismissal fuelled fears that a resumption of Israeli Iranian hostilities may be inevitable. The threat of revived hostilities was compounded by the absence of any suggestion that Iran would ...

In 1984, Stuart Auerbach of The Washington Post described Indira Gandhi as “Mother India” or “the Empress of India” for her supporters. One rather sycophantic one who was president of her party ...

However, since a mere dusting operation of the old playbook is unlikely to work in the current circumstances, the Taliban has signaled an interest in doing things differently this time. Its foreign ...

Universal Health Care (UHC) developed shortly after World War II, especially in the United Kingdom, mainland Europe, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. It has two main principles. The first is ...

For 18 years, Brazil’s drug laws did not differentiate between users and traffickers when it came to marijuana, often subjecting citizens to a prejudiced system. In a move contrary to precedent, the ...

Before assessing Iran’s contemporary unrest, we must challenge some popular illusions about Iran. Three in particular are: The 1979 Revolution – Islamic or Popular? One common misconception is that ...

In the leadup to the 75th anniversary of Indian independence, a variety of articles appeared in the US press writing the epitaph for its democracy. The future of India’s democracy “looks increasingly ...

Money makes the world go ‘round. It serves as the essential means of exchange, facilitating the exchange of goods and services by reducing friction. Money allowed billions of humans to increase their ...

The 2023 Pentagon budget passed late last year was $858 billion and, if you’re talking about the full “national security” budget, including all US intelligence agencies, the Department of Homeland ...

It was a sour end to an artistic collaboration that ranks with the greatest of modern times. Nothing will, in practice, diminish the significance of Off the Wall. It is established in pop music’s ...