The US federal government has been shut down since 1 October 2025, after Congress failed to pass a funding bill before the end of the fiscal year, forcing most non-essential federal operations to…

Two years after the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks, Israel has killed more than 64,500 Palestinians and injured over 163,500, the majority of them women and children, in what the UN has termed a…

The geography of US drug manufacturing reveals a striking paradox: while America is home to the world’s leading pharmaceutical innovators, the production of its medicines—especially generics and…

Chatbots have become a central interface for artificial intelligence in both personal and professional domains. Whether drafting emails or tackling complex questions, their applications are expanding…

As economies advance, electricity demand rises sharply, particularly in industrial and urban hubs. Higher electricity use signals economic development and modernisation, greater industrial output,…

The recent Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, where Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi convened, signalled…

As of 31 July 2025, some of the world’s largest national reserves include hundreds of thousands of bitcoins, valued in the billions of dollars.The United States and China top the list of government…

Since 2016, the US economy has experienced dramatic swings in both real GDP growth and consumer price inflation. After a period of steady expansion under President Donald Trump’s first years in…

America’s economy heavily depends on imported minerals vital for technology, energy, and defence. In 2024, the US was 100% import-reliant for 12 of the 50 “critical” minerals identified by the US…