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[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] For more than a decade, Vietnam has built one of Southeast Asia’s most data-driven public administrations. Ministries track performance indicators. Provinces report standardised metrics. The central government aggregates information from different localities. But, according to Professor Bert GEORGE, Professor at the Depar...
[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] In Hong Kong, around 40,000 people live with schizophrenia. Many move through a system designed to stabilise symptoms—reduce hallucinations, manage medication, shorten hospital stays. But once the symptoms are controlled, a more difficult question lingers: what kind of life are people returning to? For Professor Sylvia KWO...
[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] When policymakers talk about sustainable development and better governance, the conversation usually centres on regulation, compliance and economic reform. Rarely does it begin with a runway. Yet in late 2025, Fashion to Reconnect: A Tale of Two Style Capitals showed how cultural innovation—through fashion—can become a pow...
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[The content of this article has been produced by our advertising partner.] In cities around the world, the mechanics of local government often grind slowly: a pothole reported but not repaired, a noise complaint logged but unanswered, a maze of departments passing responsibility from one counter to another. Yet across China, a simple five-digit number—12345—is reshaping how governments respond to...
UNHCR's Bangladesh representative, Ivo Freisen, warns that dwindling aid is driving hope down among Rohingya refugees.
Theme park performer Bernice Yuen Sze-hang outshone 11 other contenders to be crowned Miss Hong Kong 2026 on Sunday night. The 26-year-old, one of the heavy favourites, dazzled both judges and audiences to claim the tiara in the beauty pageant final at TVB City in Tseung Kwan O. “We went through two or three hours [during the final], rushing through many things. Until the very end, when they annou...
President Donald Trump says in a post that the 'topping out' process will begin shortly.
The result of the referendum has also been hailed by right-wing figures from across the UK and France.
The following is the transcript of the interview with Rep. John James, Republican of Michigan, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Aug. 30, 2026.
In a swift response, Nassau County deputies saved a resident from losing fourteen thousand dollars to a group of scammers who were pushing him to buy gift cards under a tight two-hour deadline. This event signals an alarming increase in reported fraud cases locally. Authorities remind the public that no reputable entity should ever request immediate payments via gift cards or cryptocurrency. Alway...
Total of confirmed 797 dead and more than 3,000 missing amid threat of fresh inundationNepal-Tibet flash flood – latest updates‘Their whole village has disappeared’: frantic hunt for survivors in Kathmandu hospitalRescuers in Nepal and Tibet have battled through leg-sucking mud amid the threat of fresh flooding to search for thousands of people still missing after a deadly wall of water swept thro...
A shooting at a rave in the northern Swiss canton of Aargau left one person dead and five wounded, local police and media reported. Police said they are still looking for potentially more than one suspect.
The following is the transcript of the interview with Sen. Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Aug. 30, 2026.
Pierre Picave, a French police officer and head of an LGBTQ rights association, was hospitalised after a nighttime attack in the Marais district in central Paris, prosecutors said Sunday. Paris Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire denounced the "despicable homophobic attack".The suspected attacker has been taken into custody.
Pierre Picave, a French police officer and head of an LGBTQ rights association, was hospitalised after a nighttime attack in the Marais district in central Paris, prosecutors said Sunday. Paris Mayor Emmanuel Grégoire denounced the "despicable homophobic attack".The suspected attacker has been taken into custody.
Authorities have detained a man suspected of fatally stabbing a 31-year-old British woman in Rosenheim, Germany
Niger’s capital, Niamey, appears calm after young soldiers staged a mutiny against the ruling military junta
Members of the Polish special forces are taking part in an exercise that simulates moving through enemy lines and launching a drone strike on a key enemy location
Some schoolchildren in Nepal have survived catastrophic floods by leaving their classrooms for lunch
Nathan Cofnas allowed to resume Ghent University work, as US ambassador claims credit for lifting of suspensionProf Jason Arday’s accuser Nathan Cofnas has been barred from teaching on Ghent University campus for three months but has been allowed to continue his research position.Earlier this month Cofnas, an American academic, was suspended from his postdoctoral research position at the Belgian i...
After storms washed away dunes along Maine’s coast in 2024, University of New England students and local volunteers returned to Biddeford Pool in 2026 for a second restoration effort. They planted 20,000 dune-grass stalks across 20,000 square feet, while researchers studied how grass spacing, wind and waves affect dune recovery.
Residents in Dhading, Nepal devastated by flooding say they believe more bodies remain buried beneath thick mud.
Andy Burnham has enjoyed a honeymoon first month as UK prime minister, but the hard trade-offs involved in governing are about to get real as parliament returns from its summer break in the coming days. Since succeeding Keir Starmer on July 20, Burnham has pleased voters with several low-cost sweeteners, including cutting electricity bills and bus fares, while burnishing his casual man-of-the-peop...
The US space agency's telescope is starting a multi-year mission to create a new map of the universe and learn more about dark energy and dark matter.
An unidentified man's warning saved over 370 pupils and teachers from a massive flood. Students and staff scrambled to a forested hill as floodwaters surged rapidly. Communications were disrupted, making it difficult to account for all students after the event. One father tragically perished while attempting to reach the school for his son. The school continues efforts to trace pupils and reunite ...
The EU institutions say they fully respect the choice of the Icelandic people after voters said "no" to reopening accession negotiations. The result threatens to dampen the momentum on enlargement policy.
Life returned to normal in Niger's capital on Sunday, a day after mutineers stormed the presidential palace and a military base at Niamey's main airport, resisting forces loyal to the ruling junta until Russia’s Africa Corps intervened. State TV reported that dozens of soldiers were killed or arrested, with some paraded in front of cameras live on television.
Niger’s defence ministry on Sunday said its forces were gradually regaining control after an attack by mutinous soldiers on Saturday. The mutineers stormed the presidential palace and camped at a military base in Niamey's main airport, resisting efforts from loyalist forces, until Russia’s Africa Corps intervened, several analysts said.
