Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for charges of money laundering and abuse of power, in a landmark verdict delivered on Friday, 26 December. The High Court found Najib guilty on all 21 counts of money laundering and four counts of abuse of power. According to the […]

On Friday, China inaugurated a 22.13-kilometre tunnel in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region, which Beijing claims to be the longest tunnel in the world. The tunnel, cutting through the central Tianshan Mountains, promises to transform travel in north-west China by drastically reducing journey times across hazardous mountainous terrain. According to state media, the Tianshan Shengli […]

In a groundbreaking achievement in medical history, surgeons at Shantou University Hospital in China have successfully reattached a woman’s severed ear after temporarily preserving it on her foot. The procedure, hailed as a world first, demonstrates the extraordinary possibilities of modern microsurgery. The incident occurred in April 2025 when the woman suffered a severe industrial […]

A soul-searching testimony from an anonymous Indian student has ignited a firestorm on Reddit, pulling back the curtain on the gruelling challenges facing international scholars in Canada. The post, which has since gone viral across major international news platforms, serves as a blistering critique of the Western migration promise, with the author stating bluntly: “I […]

The geopolitical architecture of the Horn of Africa underwent a seismic shift this Friday as Israel became the first sovereign nation to formally recognise the Republic of Somaliland as an independent state. In a statement issued by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office, the Israeli government confirmed the signing of a bilateral treaty intended to establish […]

In a move that signals a bold new era for American space exploration, the United States Senate has confirmed billionaire entrepreneur and private astronaut Jared Isaacman as the 15th Administrator of NASA. The decision, reported by The Guardian, came after a decisive 67–30 vote, placing a staunch ally of SpaceX founder Elon Musk at the […]

The traditional architecture of the American labour market faced a significant structural shock in 2025 as artificial intelligence transitioned from a workplace aid to a primary driver of redundancy. New data indicates that AI was the direct catalyst for approximately 55,000 job losses across the United States over the past twelve months. According to reports […]