The FBI's hunt for Manjit Singh Bedi is a trophy hunt
When you’ve spent a decade in an ER, you learn that the people who suffer the most are the ones the system treats as invisible.
By Josie Calloway ·
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Xi, Modi and Putin set to meet for SCO summit: What’s on the agenda?
The whole spectacle in Kyrgyzstan—Xi Jinping meeting Putin, Modi joining the fray—is a masterclass in signaling.
By Ray Dombrowski ·
Xi's tour builds dependency between China, India, and Kyrgyzstan
The world’s great powers do not convene diplomatic summits because they are interested in mutual understanding; they meet to redraw the lines on a map drawn by their own anxieties.
By Alma Cordero ·
Nepal-Tibet border forces show planning fails against megathrust power
The human tendency is to treat overwhelming disaster—the kind that doesn't merely hit but fundamentally erases—as an anomaly, a regrettable accident of nature.
By Adele Rutherford ·
Iowa's ground knowledge beats rulebooks in Washington and London
You read about Ethel Caterham, who celebrated her 117th birthday this week.
By Ruth Behrens ·
Trump White House says it's losing $19B-$26 billion a year in revenue as countries dodge tariffs
The White House has released a report claiming that global trade rivals are costing America $19 billion to $26 billion in lost tax revenue because they are transshipping goods,…
By Ray Dombrowski ·
Oracle has drawn up plans for a new round of layoffs this month, sources say
You can smell it coming from a thousand miles away: the metallic tang of panic mixed with venture capital excess.
By Josie Calloway ·
Deutsche Bank: China, Russia buy gold as dollar stability erodes
The current focus on U.S. non-farm payrolls data—the perennial, nervous obsession of Wall Street—is a distraction.
By Emilio Quesada ·
Samsung confirms Galaxy S26 FE, Tab S12 launch
The language used by corporate executives—"maintaining momentum," "sustained marketing"—is often a flimsy curtain drawn over structural weakness.
By Dana Whitfield ·
The Accidental Hero Who Faced Down India’s Government
You cannot write history when you are comfortable. You need a shock—a failure of the system so profound it forces people to stop asking politely and start marching with signs made in their garages.
By Maya Ellison ·
India’s Education Minister Steps Down, Handing Win to Protesters
The spectacle unfolding in New Delhi is a masterclass in political theater—a dramatic concession that looks suspiciously like victory.
By Nikhil Raghavan ·
Two million students, 130,000 spots: India's exam crisis fuels national unrest
The combination of educational failure and economic anxiety ignited a sustained anti-government movement in India, transforming online satire into street confrontation.
By Alma Cordero ·
Student protests transform educational crisis into rare political challenge to Modi
On Tuesday, July 21, 2026, the simmering discontent over India’s education system erupted into open political confrontation.
By Maya Ellison ·
60 wounded in Delhi clashes: Youth-led protest vows defiance after police crackdown
The core of India's student dissent remains defiant. Despite a massive police crackdown in New Delhi days ago, the youth-led Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) movement vowed to sustain its protests, demanding accountability…
By Adele Rutherford ·