Wealthy Americans rush to apply for New Zealand ‘Golden Visa’
Since April 2025, a wave of affluent Americans has rushed to apply for New Zealand's revamped Active Investor Plus visa—often dubbed the “golden visa”—following major...
Gold and silver prices soar in 2025: Is silver now the smarter bet?
In 2025, precious metals have defied expectations, surging to record highs amid a confluence of economic, industrial, and geopolitical forces. Analyses indicate that while...
Refugees starving in Kenya amid deep US aid cuts
Kakuma Refugee Camp, located in north-western Kenya, is on the brink of a full-blown humanitarian crisis as food rations for its nearly 300,000 residents...
Canada: “One Canadian Economy Act” now near approval
Canada’s Liberal government is racing to finalize Bill C‑5 — the One Canadian Economy Act — before the summer recess, aiming to dismantle interprovincial trade...
Jacksonville, Florida witness air traffic control outage, flights affected
A fiber-optic cable cut in Florida triggered a temporary outage at the Federal Aviation Administration’s Jacksonville Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) on Saturday,...
Zambians bear the brunt of global wealth drain, local corruption
Despite abundant mineral deposits, ordinary Zambians are suffering under a double burden: disappearing global wealth and entrenched local corruption. In mid‑June 2025, the United...
Only debt relief can improve education, health in developing countries: Report
A major new report, commissioned by the late Pope Francis and spearheaded by Nobel-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz, has called for a sweeping “HIPC II”...
Bali flights cancel after eruption of Mount Lewotobi
On Tuesday, June 17, 2025, Mount Lewotobi Laki‑Laki—a twin-peaked volcano on Flores Island, eastern Indonesia—erupted with explosive force, projecting an ash plume approximately 10...
Paris air show cast in shadow as Air India crash dampens tone
When Europe’s flagship aerospace exhibition opened this week at Le Bourget Airport, the atmosphere was notably subdued. The annual Paris Air Show—running June 16–20, and typically...