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Two dramatic announcements were made last month that could significantly advance women's empowerment worldwide. The first was a historic decision from the Vatican, which saw Pope Francis appoint Sister Simona Brambilla as the Prefect for the first time.

What is brain waste? The term is used in reference to immigrants in developed countries whose educational achievements, professional distinction, language skills and legal status are often undervalued leading to their underemployment or unemployment. It is not that their native born peers are never victims of being overqualified for the jobs they hold. But percentagewise, the natives fare much better than the immigrants in the job market, underlining discrimination, consciously or not.

Is Donald Trump Jr behind President-elect Donald Trump's wish to buy, occupy Greenland? Donald Trump, the real-estate hobo, probably got influenced by Trump Jr and wants to humour his eldest. Donald Trump Jr was recently in Greenland, what’s the hurry?

The pragmatic Indian move to court Taliban 2.0 has sent ripples in the region, particularly in Pakistan, their common foe. This bold Indian move will definitely serve well to safeguard its regional security concerns besides helping boost its aim to emerge as a regional leader.

NEW YORK: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a video this week announcing that all of his company’s platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Threads, etc.) will do away with their fact-checking programs. Although the tech CEO framed his new policies as a defense of free speech against excessive censorship, his talking points regarding government interference, “legacy media,” and what he called a “new era” under President-elect Donald Trump revealed a deeper ploy. It’s one that envisions less regulation for multi-billion-dollar tech companies like his and less government restraint on expanding his influence—and wealth—around the globe. In other words, Facebook still doesn’t care about you and is once again choosing profits over people.

The World Economic Forum’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2025 report released in Geneva on January 13 highlights the increasing complexity in the cyber landscape, which has significant implications for organizations and nations. This complexity arises from the rapid growth of emerging technologies, prevailing geopolitical uncertainty, the evolution of threats, regulatory challenges, vulnerabilities in supply chain interdependencies and the growing cyber skills gap.

Trump’s warning that “all hell will break out in West Asia” if the hostages being held by Hamas are not released by Inauguration Day has put the world into great worry and put away off the hopes of an early peaceful settlement. The whole world knows that hell has already broken on the Middle East particularly the Gaza. It seems Trump is not satisfied with the death of 46000 persons as reported by the ministry of health in Gaza today. More than 70% of them being, women and children. The number of the injured is reported to be more than 109,000.

In a startling move that has sent shockwaves through political circles in the United States and Canada, US President-elect Donald Trump recently posted maps on his Truth Social platform showing Canada as part of the United States. These provocative posts, shared on January 7, have ignited debates on sovereignty, diplomacy, and national identity. Trump's actions come amidst his repeated claims that Canadians would benefit from becoming part of the United States—a notion that Canadian officials swiftly and emphatically rejected.

WASHINGTON DC: Pro-Israel triumphalists are celebrating a trifecta: in the course of a little over a year, Israel has felled or significantly set back its three most troublesome enemies: Hamas, Hezbollah, and Syria’s Bashar al-Assad. Another enemy, Iran, has been brought low by Israeli missile attacks, the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, and a Revolutionary Guard commander in Damascus. Its Iraqi Shia militia allies have reportedly promised, at least temporarily, to cease attacks on Israel.

NEW YORK: President Gustavo Petro’s Historic Pact government, in power since 2022, is a first in Colombia’s history. No other party ever aspired to serve all Colombians. Its existence depends on push-back against Colombia’s peculiar mix of corporations, big landowners, financial moguls, and narco-traffickers. Difficulties are cropping up now that call for sharpened resistance.