On a crisp autumn day in October 2024, Kazakhs entered the polling booths to voice their support or dissent for a nationwide referendum authorizing the construction of Kazakhstan’s first nuclear power plant. With an astounding turnout of almost 8 million ...

Over the past few years, several Gulf nations in the Middle East have unveiled ambitious plans using Artificial Intelligence (AI), with financial investments, infrastructure developments and international collaborations becoming a focal point of many countries’ vision for the future.  Saudi ...

As the war in Ukraine enters its fourth year, questions about the durability of Western support have become increasingly relevant. The United States and the European Union (EU) have poured tens of billions of dollars into Ukraine’s defense since Russia’s ...

On April 22 of last year, militants launched a deadly attack on tourists in the scenic town of Pahalgam, located in Indian-administered Kashmir. While investigations are still underway, with India quickly placing blame on Pakistan for the event, a relatively ...

On Sept. 22, 2025, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he was open to resuming talks with the United States if Washington “drops the absurd obsession” with denuclearization. Just weeks later, Pyongyang unveiled the latest version of its Hwasong ...

The world held a moment of silence during the COVID-19 pandemic, an eerie one, where the busiest streets of the world’s most populated cities were vacant. The emptiness of a smileless face covered with a mask became a sense of ...

LOS ANGELES — At the start of Trump’s second presidency in January, a multitude of Biden’s executive orders were rescinded — one of which concerned the ethical use of artificial intelligence.  Titled ‘Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of ...

Whether it be the G20 Hiroshima Process, the OECD AI principles or the three global AI summits in Bletchley Park, Seoul and Paris, high-profile international collaborations on artificial intelligence (AI) safety and governance have rapidly increased in recent years. However, ...

As a disabled adult in the United States, I can confidently say that the government is not making it easy for me to thrive. Whether it is having my social security benefits taken away if I ever have over $2,000 ...

“What does it mean to have a crippling fear of zombies as a child?”  As I waited for ChatGPT to respond, I looked across my dorm to the clock that read 1:17AM.  I can’t remember what prompted my roommate and ...