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A transformation in fatherhood is quietly unfolding across East Asia, challenging decades-old gender roles as more men step into active parenting and household responsibilities. The shift is particularly visible in Japan, where paternity leave uptake has surged to 30% in 2023, a dramatic increase from just 2% a decade ago, reports The Economist. Ito Tsubasa […]

Delegates from several developing nations at the COP29 UN climate talks in Azerbaijan are challenging the long-standing classification of China and India as developing countries, arguing they should no longer receive the same treatment as the world’s poorest nations. Nigeria’s environment minister, Balarabe Abbas Lawal, has taken a strong stance, stating that China and India […]

A dramatic political chasm has emerged among Generation Z voters worldwide, with young men and women increasingly diverging in their political allegiances. This trend came into sharp focus during the 2024 US presidential election, where Donald Trump secured a striking 14-point advantage among men aged 18-29, while Kamala Harris captured young women’s votes by an […]

China is one of the world’s most powerful nations, but its defence ministers are proving strangely vulnerable. Dong Jun is the third Chinese defence minister to come under investigation, reports the Financial Times, after his two immediate predecessors were found guilty of corruption. Ironically, the billions :Beijing is splurging on becoming a superpower to rival […]

It’s been a thousand days since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, and the strategic outlook has shifted dramatically since then. While Ukraine initially defied expectations by repelling Russia’s assault on Kyiv, it now faces mounting challenges as Russian forces make steady territorial advances in the east, controlling roughly one-fifth […]

Indian billionaire Gautam Adani is accused of bribing Indian government officials to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars, but why is he being charged in the United States and not in India? He is wanted in the US because he raised hundreds of millions of dollars in America at the same time, allegedly […]

ROMANIA: A Romanian court has ruled that several key pieces of evidence in the human trafficking case against internet personality Andrew Tate and his co-defendants be removed, marking a significant development in the ongoing legal battle. According to the South China Morning Post (SCMP), the court, in its ruling on Tuesday (Nov 19), also gave prosecutors five […]

India’s automotive landscape is undergoing a dramatic transformation as rising incomes and changing consumer preferences drive a surge in car ownership, particularly toward larger SUVs. Vehicle registrations have more than doubled in the past decade, with the number of cars increasing from 19 million in 2012 to 49 million in 2022, reports The Economist. Car […]

A new incident outside a primary school in Changde, southern China, has added to growing concerns about public safety following a series of violent attacks across the country. On Tuesday (November 19), an SUV driver ploughed into students and pedestrians as children were arriving for school, leaving several people injured though none with life-threatening wounds. […]

In a bold move that could reshape the tech industry, the US Department of Justice plans to ask a federal judge to force Google to sell off its Chrome web browser, marking the most aggressive antitrust action against a technology giant since the government’s failed attempt to break up Microsoft Corp. two decades ago. The […]

In Shanghai’s dimly lit pubs and Beijing’s buzzing bars, a new intellectual movement is brewing. Dubbed “academic pubs,” these informal gatherings are drawing China’s urban youth eager for open discussions on topics ranging from state-building to feminism and ancient Chinese art in a country where censorship has tightened the public sphere. At one such event […]

In a historic shift, India has overtaken China to become the largest sender of international students to the United States, with enrollment surging 23% in the 2023-2024 academic year, according to the Open Doors report by the Institute of International Education (IIE). This milestone marks the first time since 2009 that India has led in […]

For nearly two years, the world’s leading tech companies have proclaimed that AI will revolutionize the web, transform our lives, and reshape the world. But first, they’re starting with the humble search engine. The pairing of chatbots and search seems ideal. Traditional Google searches interpret queries and pull up relevant results, while advanced chatbots synthesize […]

In a landmark development, Pakistan’s first direct cargo ship to Bangladesh in five decades docked at Chittagong port on November 11, signalling a historic thaw in bilateral relations that has raised concerns in India over potential strategic realignments in South Asia. The vessel, sailing under a Panamanian flag from Karachi, marks a significant milestone in […]

The world’s two most-populous nations, China and India, started opening to the global economy around the same time in the early 1990s. Both achieved rapid economic growth and lifted hundreds of millions out of poverty, yet today, China’s per capita income, adjusted for purchasing power, is more than double India’s. What factors explain this divergence? […]