An unusually powerful El Niño is rapidly strengthening across the Pacific, setting up a period of heightened drought, flood, heat and food-security risks that could intensify through the end of 2026 and reverberate across the global economy well into 2027. The World Meteorological Organization said Thursday that El Niño is
The United States is intensifying economic pressure on Iran while keeping military force in reserve, signaling a new phase of the conflict centered on sanctions, maritime enforcement and selective strikes rather than sustained large-scale combat. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said the cost imposed on Iran would now be
As global supply chains, energy systems and capital flows are reordered, Unstoppable Africa 2026 is advancing a sharper proposition: Africa’s next economic chapter will be defined not simply by growth, but by who owns, finances and captures its value. NEW YORK — Africa no longer needs to make the case
The disaster on the Nepal-Tibet border highlights a broader challenge for governments: warming is reshaping glaciers, water systems and the stability of some of the world’s highest mountain environments. A catastrophic glacier collapse on the Nepal-Tibet border has killed hundreds of people, left many more missing and devastated communities and
Rodrigues-Birkett has moved into first place, Grynspan has slipped and Otunnu is gaining. But the second Security Council poll points to a deeper shift: the Council is moving further from consensus. UNITED NATIONS — The second UN Secretary-General poll in the race to succeed António Guterres has reshuffled the leaderboard
Conflicts are increasingly disrupting the shipping lanes, grain routes, energy supplies and fertilizer markets that underpin global food security, exposing countries far beyond the battlefield. NEW YORK — The geography of conflict is increasingly becoming the geography of food security. UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned this week that the global
The latest escalation is no longer just a tariff dispute. It is accelerating a broader Canadian effort to reduce economic dependence on its largest trading partner. OTTAWA — The Canada-US trade conflict has entered a more consequential phase. After negotiations collapsed on August 21, the United States imposed 50% tariffs
A new international accounting standard is giving governments a clearer path to recognize certain natural resources as public assets, as ministries of finance increasingly bring nature into decisions about national wealth, budgets and investment. For decades, governments have accounted for roads, buildings, financial holdings and public debt while many forests,
UNITED NATIONS — The race to become the next United Nations Secretary-General has a new entrant. Ivonne A-Baki, the veteran Ecuadorian diplomat nominated by the Kingdom of Tonga, has become the eighth candidate seeking to succeed António Guterres, adding a prominent new voice to a contest that remains unsettled after
The ICC sanctions targeting Judge Tomoko Akane brings the Trump administration’s escalating confrontation with the International Criminal Court directly into one of America’s most important alliances. TOKYO/THE HAGUE — The Trump administration’s campaign against the International Criminal Court has reached one of Washington’s closest allies after the United States imposed
