Former President Rodrigo Duterte was taken into custody on Tuesday after the Philippine government said it received an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant for his arrest for alleged crimes against humanity. During his time in office, Duterte presided over a sweeping and brutal anti-drugs crackdown that killed more than 6,000…
It wasn’t long after landing in Bangkok, Thailand, in the summer of 2023 that Jalil Muyeke realized that something was terribly wrong. He knew that the city – where he was planning to start a new data entry and online marketing job – was a short drive from the airport.…
Syria’s interim government says it has reached a landmark agreement with the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces to integrate the group into state institutions. Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa announced the deal on Monday, saying it was aimed at “ensuring the rights of all Syrians in representation and participation in the political…
Guatemala’s Volcano of Fire is erupting, and authorities have evacuated nearly 300 families while warning that another 30,000 people in the area could be at risk. The eruption started overnight. There is no immediate report of casualties. The 12,300-foot (3,763-meter) high volcano is one of the most active in Central…
Pope Francis is not considered to be in imminent danger from the infection he arrived to the hospital with, a Vatican source said on Monday. Francis was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital in mid-February and has been battling pneumonia in both of his lungs. For the first time since his…
The Dalai Lama’s successor will be born outside China, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism says in a new book, raising the stakes in a dispute with Beijing over control of the Himalayan region he fled more than six decades ago. Tibetans worldwide want the institution of the Dalai Lama…
Elections in Greenland, an island home to about 57,000 people, are usually a local affair. There is little opinion polling, with only two newspapers in the Danish autonomous territory. Greenlanders mull over politics in private Facebook groups, with key issues in the past centering on the economy, mining, fishing law…
All but one of the world’s top 20 most polluted cities last year were in Asia, a new study shows. The majority of these cities – 13 – are in the world’s most populous country, India, where booming economic growth is fired largely by coal and where hundreds of millions…
“The trend is your friend, until the end when it bends.” How often have you heard this adage? More importantly, how often do you follow it? Chasing stocks, whether it’s one that was texted to you as the next high-flying AI stock, a popular meme stock, or the next hot…
The market sell-off continued in earnest after a brief respite on Friday. Uncertainty of geopolitical tensions and tariff talk has spooked the market and given the weakness of mega-cap stocks, we are likely to see more downside before a snapback rally. Carl was off today so Erin had the controls!…