As Bangladesh approves the Padma Barrage, a 1947 novel reminds us that the best river management looks less like engineering and more like worship.

A constituent writes to his MP before the 2016 EU referendum. Now, ten years on, the temptation to say “I told you so" is almost overwhelming

The Delhi High Court has slammed the Wrestling Federation of India for their vindictive attitude against wrestler Vinesh Phogat. The court has allowed Phogat to compete in the Asian Games trials despi...

The News Agents describe Robert Jenrick as a "laughing stock" in the House of Commons, after he was mocked for switching parties while giving a speech about Reform UK.

Principal Deputy Director of ​National Intelligence, Aaron ​Lukas, would serve ⁠as acting director of national intelligence, Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform.

Another taxpayer funded trip to one of Trump’s properties

Twisha Sharma’s death raises troubling questions about patriarchy, victim-blaming, media narratives, and politics of public sympathy in India

Virginia just did what Congress won’t

‘Indians are scammers' stereotype is taking over US politics. Our foreign policy isn't built to deal with it. The MEA operates at the pace of diplomatic notes

Republicans' report card is so bad right now not even a hungry junkyard dog would eat it

American journalist Ahmed Shihab-Eldin aquitted after jailed by US ally

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Chinese researchers have designed a dual-atom catalyst that transforms nitrate from wastewater directly into ammonia, the base ingredient for urea fertilizers,

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The former Republican strategist and Lincoln Project founder has some hard lessons for Conservatives and Labour alike

স্কুল থেকে যখন বলে দিল এবারের পিকনিকে বাবা-মার কাছ থেকে কোনো চাঁদা চাইতে হবে না, বাবা-মারাও অবাক, বাচ্চারা তো তাজ্জব। গজু সাহস করে অতীন স্যারকে জিগেস করল, “স্যার, কেন লাগবে না চাঁদা?” “এবার অন্যরকম…

The British press is smearing Zack Polanski as an antisemite while simultaneously depicting him in racist propaganda cartoons

Democrat Chedrick Greene has won a special election in Michigan, securing the party’s control of the state Senate through the remainder of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s term.

Florida voters sue over Gov. DeSantis' rigged congressional map favoring the GOP.

SNL astonishes with unhinged Kash Patel impersonation: 'They went innnnn on him'

In France, May Day has long been a day for all workers to stop working. A recent proposal for some businesses to remain open forced unions to defend the idea that French workers keep May Day as a day ...

NAHT leader says schools watchdog for England does not raise standards, amid opposition to ‘Nando’s-style’ scoring School leaders are being pressurised “to the point of destruction”, the head of a teaching union has said, as he put the education establishment “on notice”. During a speech to the union’s annual conference in Belfast, Paul Whiteman, the general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), outlined his criticisms of Ofsted, the schools watchdog for England. . Continue reading...

The outgoing North Carolina senator is moving from his Fed battle to vetting the next attorney general.

I was a lead attorney in the Callais case. The court’s decision will silence the voices of communities of color

Darkology and the Deep Roots of American Racism: A Conversation with Rhae Lynn Barnes