Crisis
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Influx Of Afghan Returnees Fuels Kabul Housing Crisis
Weeks after he was forced to return from Iran, Mohammad Mohsen Zaryab was still searching for somewhere to live in Kabul, where rental prices have soared along with an influx…
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UN Starts New Bid To Forge Plastics Treaty Amid ‘Global Crisis’
Nations must resolve the global plastics crisis, the head of UN talks told negotiators from 180 countries gathered in Geneva on Tuesday to forge a landmark treaty on eliminating the…
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Britain Leads Calls For Airdrops As Gaza Hunger Crisis Deepens
International pressure was mounting on Saturday for alternative ways to be found to deliver food to hungry Palestinian civilians in Gaza, with Britain vowing to back airdrops. The UK decision…
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UN Slams Gaza Airdrop Aid as ‘Inefficient and a Distraction’ Amid Starvation Crisis
The commissioner of a United Nations agency criticized Western leaders’ initiative to airdrop aid into the besieged Gaza enclave as “inefficient and a distraction,” as the Israeli-driven starvation crisis deepens,…
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India’s Rs 22,845 crore cybercrime crisis: Chinese syndicates, digital arrests, rising threat of online fraud
India’s Rs 22,845 crore cybercrime crisis: Chinese syndicates, digital arrests and rising threat of online fraudIANS The information provided by the Union Home Ministry relating to cyber crimes in the…
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Tech Giants Scramble To Meet AI’s Looming Energy Crisis
The artificial intelligence industry is scrambling to reduce its massive energy consumption through better cooling systems, more efficient computer chips, and smarter programming — all while AI usage explodes worldwide.…
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Japan succession crisis fuels elevator empire 6,000% stock gain
[NEW YORK] Tucked away in Japan’s vast corporate landscape is a little-known elevator maintenance company which has built an empire by buying up heirless family-run companies. Japan Elevator Service (JES)…
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‘Into A Void’: Young US College Graduates Face Employment Crisis
Over two years, Rebecca Atkins filed more than 250 job applications, and felt like every one was going into a gaping chasm — one opened by the highest unemployment rate…
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UN Aid Meeting Seeks End To Global South Debt Crisis
More than 100 nations attending a UN aid conference pledged this week to help defuse the ticking time bomb of developing countries’ ballooning debt, but deciding how is proving more…
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Syria’s Wheat War: Drought Fuels Food Crisis For 16 Million
Rival Syrian and Kurdish producers are scrambling for shrinking wheat harvests as the worst drought in decades follows a devastating war, pushing more than 16 million people toward food insecurity.…
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Embattled Thai PM Reshuffles Cabinet As Crisis Rages
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra began a cabinet reshuffle on Monday as a political and judicial crisis sparked by a leaked phone call threatens to sink her government. The 38-year-old…
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Japan-US-Philippines Coast Guards Simulate Crisis Amid China Threat
Helicopters buzzed in the shadow of a smouldering volcano and boats rescued dummies from the sea this week in a show of maritime unity by Japan, the United States and…
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Thai PM To Meet Army Commander To Defuse Political Crisis
Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra will on Friday visit an army commander she called an “opponent” in a leaked phone call as she battles to defuse a crisis threatening to…
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Leading with Compassion: Robin Avalos’ Visionary Approach to the Opioid Crisis
The opioid crisis has become one of the most painful public health emergencies in modern history. It’s a slow-moving disaster, impacting individuals, families, and communities in ways that statistics alone…
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Inside Wilmar’s graft probe: How a cooking oil crisis led to a multitrillion rupiah corruption scandal
[SINGAPORE] Indonesian authorities in May seized 11.8 trillion rupiah (S$928 million) from global palm oil company Wilmar as part of an ongoing corruption case involving allegations of bribery to obtain…
