How Diplomats Date: Behind the Scenes of Love Lives in High-Stakes Positions

From carefully worded online dating profiles to explicit bans on foreign partners, diplomats navigate romance in an environment where relationships are bound by protocol, politics, and the ticking clock of their next posting. A diplomat’s love life is rarely straightforward between rotating postings, strict security rules, and the never-ending suspicion that intimacy might double as…

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Heritage for Humanity UNESCO adds 26 new sites To World Heritage List

From sacred landscapes to sites of remembrance, UNESCO’s 2025 additions reflect a global commitment to cultural resilience, ecological unity, and the power of local voices. In a world often marked by division, the enduring legacy of shared history took center stage once again in Paris, where the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee…

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The World’s Health Sends an S.O.S.

Between 2019 and 2021, global life expectancy fell by 1.8 years, the steepest decline in decades. The World Health Organization’s 2025 data reads like a warning siren: the world’s health gains are stalling, and the 2030 goals are slipping further out of reach. Rising anxiety and depression during the pandemic also erased nearly six weeks…

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What’s Your Place In History?

On October 24, 1791, a man named Douwe Posthuma passed out drunk in a tavern in Amsterdam. His behavior, obviously, wasn’t welcomed back home, and the brawl between father and son ended up in the records of street conflicts. A relatively unremarkable family feud seemed to have been forgotten in history until it emerged more…

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G4 Ministers Renew Push for UN Security Council Reform at 80th UNGA

The foreign ministers of Brazil, Germany, India, and Japan – the so-called G4 nations – renewed their demand for urgent reform of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), calling for an expansion in both permanent and non-permanent membership to reflect “contemporary geopolitical realities.” Meeting on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly’s 80th session, Foreign…

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Security Council Confronts AI

The United Nations Security Council will hold a high-level open debate on Wednesday on artificial intelligence (AI) under the “Maintenance of international peace and security” agenda, chaired by Republic of Korea President Lee Jae Myung. Briefings will come from UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Yoshua Bengio and Yejin Choi (Stanford University). The debate will explore AI’s…

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A Clash of Visions: Survival vs. Sovereignty on the World Stage

The United Nations turned 80 this week, but the milestone felt less like a celebration than a stress test. From the green-marble podium of the General Assembly, leaders laid bare their visions for the future. Secretary-General António Guterres pleaded for unity in the face of multiplying crises. General Assembly President Annalena Baerbock pressed for renewed…

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UN revises 2026 budget downward by 13.5%, safeguards key programs

Regular budget reduced to $11.6 billion; peacekeeping support trimmed 15% but aid for refugees and technical cooperation preserved. Secretariat trims regular and peacekeeping accounts while maintaining support for UNHCR, UNRWA, and development in fragile states. The United Nations Secretariat has released revised estimates for its 2026 program budget and the 2025/26 Support Account for peacekeeping,…

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