Preparing to welcome Ramadan

In the run-up to Ramadan, the main point of preparation is to pay off debts, both last year's fasting debt and other worldly ...

Combining "The Traitors" and "Big Brother" makers was years in the making

By Amy-Jo Crowley, Leo Marchandon and Paul Sandle LONDON/GDANSK, March 4 (Reuters) - France's Banijay Group, long hungry for ...
Law

The Bank of New York Mellon v. The Unknown Heirs and Devisees of Garnette R. McConnell Deceased, The Unknown Occupant, World Finance Company of Indiana, LLC D/B/A World Finance ...

Bank of New York Mellon - Indiana - Real Property - Banking & Financial Services - - Indiana Superior Court, Hamilton County - 29D07-2602-MF-001897 - The Bank of New York Mellon v. The Unknown Heirs ...
The New York Times

ICE at the 2026 World Cup: Explaining the agency’s security role, fan concerns

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the controversial government agency known as ICE, will play a “key part” in the 2026 World Cup’s “overall security apparatus,” its acting director said ...
SBS

"Radio still has a role in the digital age": Akio Uemura, an avid listener of radio from around the world

SBS JapaneseIndependent news and stories connecting you to life in Australia and Japanese-speaking Australians. SBS Learn EnglishEase into the English language and Australian culture. We make learning ...
Wall Street Journal

Squeezed by U.S. and China, the World’s Middle Powers Are Teaming Up

LONDON—In a world increasingly shaped by two unpredictable great powers—the U.S. and China—the world’s middle powers are boosting cooperation in areas from trade to security in a bid to ensure they ...
CNN

CIA terminates its World Factbook, overthrowing reference regime

Taylor Hale was in the middle of teaching a Western geography lesson on Wednesday afternoon when his sixth-grade students informed him that the online reference they usually consulted was gone. He’d ...
The Guardian

These charts show how Trump is isolating the US on the world stage

Analysis shows that the world is moving closer to China, as Trump’s isolationism rears its head at the United Nations Donald Trump’s return to the White House has accelerated a profound shift in the ...
The Economist

The world’s most powerful woman

THE LIBERAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY (LDP) has dominated Japanese politics since its founding in 1955, ruling with only two brief interruptions. Never has it won as decisively as it did in a snap election on ...
The Economist

The rich world should beware Brazilification

The world economy offers many cautionary tales. Argentina’s inflation has shown the danger of treating a central bank like a cash machine. Italy’s stagnation shows the downside of joining a currency ...
International Rescue Committee

5 urgent problems the world faces in 2026

What are the most pressing global crises in 2026? Each year, the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) Emergency Watchlist identifies the countries at greatest risk of new or worsening humanitarian ...