Press freedom around the world has suffered its sharpest fall in 50 years as global democracy weakens dramatically, a landmark report has found. According to the Stockholm-based International Institute for Democracy and... Read more »
Striking University of Minnesota workers. More than 1,400 custodians, food service workers, mechanics, gardeners, maintenance and sanitation workers across the University of Minnesota began to strike Monday and Tuesday, reportedly the first... Read more »
Published On 10 Sep 202510 Sep 2025 Obesity has outpaced undernourishment to become the leading form of malnutrition worldwide for the first time among children and teenagers, according to UNICEF. The United... Read more »
More children around the world are obese than underweight for the first time, according to a UN report that warns ultra-processed junk food is overwhelming childhood diets. There are 188 million teenagers... Read more »
Less than a month after 50,000 public school teachers took strike action in the northern Australian state of Queensland—the first such stoppage called by the Queensland Teachers Union (QTU) in 16 years—the... Read more »
The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), bound for the Gaza Strip, says a drone struck its main ship in the Tunisian port of Sidi Bou Said, causing a fire, but that all its... Read more »
London Underground services were brought to a standstill Monday as thousands of tube workers—including fleet engineering, drivers and station staff—walked off the job. It is part of a week of rolling strike... Read more »
The French government looks set to collapse in a vote of no confidence and tip the eurozone’s second biggest economy into a political crisis. Prime Minister Francois Bayrou is expected to be ousted,... Read more »
Thomas, a mechanic, works at University Bicycles in Boulder, Colorado. [AP Photo/Thomas Peipert] The bogus claims by US President Trump that his economic agenda, based on a tariff war against the rest... Read more »
Published On 7 Sep 20257 Sep 2025 Israel has destroyed another high-rise in Gaza City, bringing the number of buildings razed during its campaign to seize the area to at least 50,... Read more »