It's important to understand that many people who once worked in healthcare in Syria had to leave their home because of the trouble that started in 2011. It forced many healthcare professionals to make big decisions. Some of the first to leave headed for the eastern Mediterranean region. As time pa
New York's Democratic voters are expressing their discontent with the current political landscape. They are angered by the status quo and are worried about the city's future. A recent survey by Honan Strategy Group revealed that 75% of Democratic primary voters believe the city is in a state of eme
Panama is taking a big step back from China's global investment plan. The country decided not to renew a 2017 deal with China's "Belt and Road Initiative. " This decision came after Panama President José Raúl Mulino met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In 2013, China began this initiative to
Five well-known universities are under the spotlight following new inquiries into allegations of antisemism. This move comes from a wider call to harshly penalize schools that haven't taken enough steps to tackle anti-Jewish hatred on their premises. Notably those universities subj
President Trump recently made a bold statement. He plans to stop all future US assistance to South Africa. This is due to the country’s recent land expropriation policies. Trump fears these laws will allow the government to take land without fair compensation. He thinks South African authorities are
In Houston, some school classrooms have a unique twist: a countdown timer. It ticks away in the background. A teacher in a fourth-grade English class uses this timer to keep her students on track. She gives them 10 seconds to log in. And then, she sets the timer for one minute while students read a
The Bird flu, Ebola, and tuberculosis cases started spreading. With so many outbreaks happening, it just shows that disease used to be a distant problem and now it's something we have to worry about locally. It's not a problem for someone else, but for everyone. If you thought the disease o
Imagine a room full of serious-looking people, all trying to figure out how to manage immigration to the EU. This happened in Warsaw, where European ministers met to discuss ways to beef up their approach to irregular migration. They found themselves thinking about a certain Mr. Trump Dona
A significant shakeup hit the U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID). A high-ranking employee, Mr. Gottlieb, found himself on the outs after refusing to follow orders to immediately terminate a group of employees without due process. DOGE was the culprit. Why the big change? The new a
Imagine this: 18, 000 workers at Costco across the USA. Many of them were very ready to start a strike. They had voted and it was clear that most of them wanted to do it. The reason? They were fed up with wages and benefits that weren't matching up to what Costco was earning. A whopping $7. 4bn pro
