Green teas are monks subscribed to a plain, austere life. Black teas are a brocade armchair by the fire, doubling as your therapist. But the Paochong is an oolong tea — a dancer, a show pony — the beauty pageant of teas. On the morning of Friday, July 11, in between two live segments of…
“Space is not a technical issue anymore, it is a peace and security issue, and an economic issue…” Amal Mudallali remembers being fascinated by space for as long as she can remember. When she was a child in the early 1970s, she first heard the seed of skepticism that would later grow into a lifelong…
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…
What is Climate Change? The World Weather Attribution (WWA) is an international group of scientists focused on uncovering how climate change influences extreme weather. By using climate modeling, statistical analysis, and comparison to historical occurrences of specific events, WWA has shown how climate change is making natural disasters more frequent and intense. Their simple yet…
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…
The executive boardroom fell silent as Leah, a senior executive at a Fortune 100 tech company with over two decades of strategic innovation experience, shared a painful truth. “I was passed over for the board position,” she admitted, her voice steady despite the weight of her words. Leah paused, then added the kicker: “The position…
Levels of violence against children worldwide are at an all-time high and are on the rise, according to a latest UN report, which emphasizes that by working together, states and stakeholders can reverse this appalling trend. “The data shown in the report is alarming and likely underestimated,” said the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General…
Illegal immigration has long been a critical issue in the United States, with recent decades seeing waves of mass migration that have put unprecedented pressure on U.S. borders and immigration systems. This article explores the reasons behind this migration, the evolving immigration patterns, and the policies that have attempted to address the issue over…
“One day, even people in Israel will wake up and say: what have we been doing?” says U.N. High Representative for the Alliance of Civilizations, Miguel Ángel Moratinos. He argues that a new generation, unwilling to accept the suffering of war, could make this century the one that ends it. These are times of global…
In an insightful interview, Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations at the United Nations, discusses the evolving landscape of peacekeeping, its challenges, and its future in a world fraught with conflict. Here, Lacroix shares his perspective on the relevance of peacekeeping, the complexities of peace operations in Africa, and the role of diplomacy in…
Data Privacy and Human Rights: Balancing Security and Civil Liberties in the Age of Terrorism The Day the Phone Rang In a quiet neighborhood in Nairobi, Amina’s phone rang one morning with a message she didn’t understand. It wasn’t spam—it was a notification from a digital ID system designed to protect citizens from terrorism….
In light of the 21st century’s pressing concerns, the United Nations General Assembly hosted its first ever Sustainability Week, a week-long series of high-level meetings on debt, tourism, transport, infrastructure, and energy from 15 to 19 April 2024. The sustainability imperative underscores the urgent need to recalibrate our global society to exist harmoniously within the…
Actor William Shatner may have played the captain of a starship for years in the hit TV series and movie Star Trek, even the best fiction work about space exploration could not have prepared him for the life-changing experience he underwent when he traveled to space in 2021. “I went up into space, and when…
Jean Davis, an art therapist, and Nancy Wu, an architectural designer, have been transforming glass shards collected from the landfill into stunning pieces of art. When the Covid-19 pandemic shut down playgrounds and parks, bringing the world to a standstill, two artists discovered an unlikely sanctuary in a Brooklyn landfill beach. This hidden corner not…
Nestled across from the United Nations in New York City stands the Millennium Hilton New York One UN Plaza, a hub for world leaders, diplomats, and international dignitaries. At the helm of this prestigious property is Ratna Hendrianto, a General Manager whose impressive journey in hospitality spans over two decades and three continents. With a…
