INDIA RISES, REELS AND CELEBRATES AS A RESTLESS WORLD EDGES CLOSER TO WAR

India entered the first evening of August with dramatically contrasting images: a new international airport opening its doors in Andhra Pradesh, floodwaters continuing to ravage Assam, two Indian women standing victorious with Commonwealth Games gold medals, an old Himalayan trade route reopening after six years, and political tremors spreading through DelhiContinue Reading

WAR, MIGRATION, HUNGER AND DISASTER OPEN AUGUST IN TURMOIL

GLOBAL DESK, AUGUST 1: The world entered August under extraordinary strain, as a massive migration crisis exploded on the frontier between Africa and Europe, wars burned across the Middle East, Africa and Ukraine, and earthquakes, wildfires and deadly accidents brought fresh devastation across continents. The most dramatic scenes unfolded atContinue Reading

THE WORLD SHAKES, WARS REIGNITE, FLOODS RISE, AND INDIA'S EXAM SCANDAL REACHES THE COURTS

As darkness falls across another turbulent day, the world seems determined to remind humanity that peace is becoming an increasingly rare luxury. From the Pacific Ring of Fire to the battlefields of the Middle East, from Europe’s burning forests to India’s flooded villages and restless campuses, July 29 unfolded as a day of devastation, confrontation and reckoning.Continue Reading