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Within a single week in early March 2026, Beijing unveiled a sweeping five-year plan to build a “childbirth-friendly society,” committing 180 billion yuan (US$25.8 billion) to free prenatal care, IVF ...
After US bunker-buster strikes exposed the vulnerability of Iran’s underground nuclear facilities, China is moving to bury its own critical assets deeper underground. This month, the South China...
When Secretary of Defense James Mattis addressed the intensification of US combat operations against the Islamic State group in 2017, he assured the American public of his commitment to “get the strat...
The “fog of war” refers to confusion and uncertainty on the battlefield and the attendant possibility of fatal error. This principle has a parallel when it comes to the economic consequences of wars a...
Seventy years after the 1956 Suez Crisis humbled Britain and France, the world is witnessing a strikingly similar drama at another strategic maritime chokepoint: the Strait of Hormuz. In both cases, a...
US and Israeli forces carried out a fresh wave of missile strikes on Iran late Monday and early Tuesday – reportedly hitting residential buildings, at least one school and electricity infrastructure –...
President Donald Trump telephoned Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, March 10. In the hour-long conversation the two leaders discussed the Iran and Ukraine conflicts. Trump told Putin he want...
It’s clear that regime change is among the biggest objectives of the US war in Iran. “I have to be involved in the appointment” of Iran’s next leader, President Donald Trump said on March 5, 2026. Tru...
President Donald Trump said the US Navy chose to sink an Iranian frigate, killing more than 100 sailors last week, even though the ship posed no threat, because it was “more fun” than c...
Pushing back against the K-pop industrial complex, Effie is the 'fresh and wild' underground rap star deferring to no-one
People are turning to ‘griefbots’ trained on the data of deceased loved ones to cope with loss – but are the companies behind this technology playing fast and loose with ethics?
With designs featuring moss, insect wings, intricate scales and more, Yulia Grigorjeva is creating wearable nail art through her fidget-friendly 3D sets – and helping people who struggle with skin-pic...
In light of recent US aggression, liberals on social media have been stressing the importance of listening to Iranian, Cuban and Venezuelan voices. But having ‘lived experience’ doesn’t make you an au...
For his sophomore ready-to-wear collection, the Belgian designer imagined the Chanel woman as both caterpillar and butterfly (but in a chic way)
Miuccia Prada’s latest collection, shown with an all-star cast, wanted us to know that we are enough
The Olympic figure skating champion sat front row for an AW26 collection that led us into the wilderness
The Baghdad-born artist speaks about war and art, Amoako Boafo recreates his studio for an exhibition, Thaddeus Mosley passes away at 99, and how a small Texas town became a participatory art project.
If paint doesn't feel good coming off the brush, you pretty much have nothing,” said the artist, whose canvases depict humanity in all its rollicking riot and contradiction.
Read up on the hidden history of occult influences on modernism, French sign painters, the Finnish painter who bucked convention, incarcerated artists, and more.
The petition, signed by cultural figures such as Pussy Riot's Nadya Tolokonnikova, comes as the European Union threatens to pull Biennale funding over Russia's inclusion.