The number of children who died by suicide in Japan rose to a record 532 in 2025, the second straight year in which the figure has reached a historic high, even as the country’s overall suicide toll fell to its lowest level in decades. Preliminary statistics released by the health ministry on Thursday showed the…
A former patient of Yaser Jabbar has spoken to the BBC about his experience with the limb reconstruction surgeon when he was just six years old. “We saw some mistakes on my leg and we realised something happened wrong”, 12-year-old Vivaan Sharma said. An investigation, published by London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) into Jabbar,…
The recent announcement by China’s Ministry of Defense regarding the investigation of General Zhang Youxia, a vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), has sent ripples through the global geopolitical landscape. For over a decade, President Xi Jinping has wielded an unrelenting anti-corruption campaign as both a shield for the state and a sword for…
When Nazi Germany began its occupation of Denmark in April 1940, Greenland suddenly found itself cut off from its colonial power and thrust into the center of North Atlantic wartime strategy. The US temporarily took control of Greenland, establishing bases and defense perimeters there to prevent Germany from using the island. More than 80 years…
Facing a shrinking fleet and a widening naval gap with China, USNI reported this month that the US Navy is giving its troubled Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) a second look—not as a triumph of design, but as a stopgap born of strategic necessity. The US Navy has decided to retain seven vessels previously slated for…
Pakistan has stepped back from the edge of immediate default, yet it remains far from building an economy capable of generating durable power. On January 7, Islamabad signaled just how exposed its flagship geoeconomic strategy has become by announcing plans for a dedicated police formation to shield Chinese nationals and China-Pakistan Economic Corridor assets after…
The 1970s were a time of political terrorism, or “armed resistance,” as militant groups called it, in various European countries. Portugal followed, experiencing “years of lead,” as they were dubbed from 1980 until 1987. The political thriller Projecto Global, the new feature from writer-director Ivo M. Ferreira (Letters From War, Empire Hotel), world premiering on…
Donald Trump lost his bid for re-election in 2020. But for more than five years, he has been trying to convince Americans the opposite is true by falsely saying the election was marred by widespread fraud. Now that he is president again, Trump is pushing the federal government to back up those bogus claims. On…
After frustration with the administration’s handling of Good and Pretti’s deaths appeared to reach a boiling point, both on the streets of Minneapolis and in the halls of Capitol Hill, Trump sent Homan to the city to take over the operation, sidelining Border Patrol chief Gregory Bovino, who had also led crackdowns in Chicago and…
Shwetha SurendranJan 29, 2026, 09:00 AM ET Close Shwetha Surendran is a reporter in ESPN’s investigative and enterprise unit. Multiple Authors Most of America’s youth-sport coaches are feeling burned out and fed up with verbal harassment and abuse, mainly from parents of athletes, according to a national survey released Thursday by the U.S. Center for…
