World
Reporting from every meridian.
WorldMigration Is Quietly Redrawing the Economic Map
The steady flow of workers along a few great corridors is deciding which economies rise and which quietly stall
By Mira Faraj · Jul 1
WorldThe Quiet Comeback of Staying Out of It
A growing bloc of middle powers is refusing to choose sides, and finding unexpected leverage in the ambiguity
By Diego Arroyo · Jun 30
WorldThe Countries Growing Old Before They Grow Rich
A demographic transition is arriving fast in places that have not yet built the wealth to absorb it
By Mira Faraj · Jun 30
WorldWater Is Becoming the Language of Diplomacy
As rivers cross borders and aquifers fall, the management of water is quietly rewriting the terms of how neighbours bargain
By Priya Chen · Jun 30
WorldThe Most Important Map Is the One Under the Sea
The undersea cables that carry the world's data have become strategic terrain, fragile and fiercely contested
By Sara Qureshi · Jun 30
WorldThe Arctic Is Opening and No One Agrees Who Owns It
Melting ice is unlocking routes and resources while the legal map of the far north remains stubbornly unfinished
By Diego Arroyo · Jun 29
WorldThe New Scramble Is for the Minerals Inside Everything
The metals behind batteries and chips are reshaping alliances the way oil once did, with new winners and chokepoints
By Mira Faraj · Jun 29
WorldThe Fragile Backbone of the Internet Lies on the Seabed
Almost all the world's data crosses a handful of undersea cables, and their vulnerability is a strategic blind spot
By Marcus Okafor · Jun 29
WorldAging Populations Are the Quiet Driver of This Century's Policy
Beneath every debate on pensions, labor, and migration sits one slow, unstoppable demographic fact
By Sara Qureshi · Jun 29
WorldWater, Not Oil, Is Becoming the Strategic Resource of the Decade
As aquifers fall and rivers are contested, freshwater is quietly redrawing the map of leverage
By Diego Arroyo · Jun 28
WorldA Few Rerouted Ships Quietly Rewired Global Trade
How detours around a handful of chokepoints cascade into prices, schedules, and dependence far inland
By Marcus Okafor · Jun 28
WorldDiaspora Remittances Are an Invisible Form of Foreign Policy
The money migrants send home outweighs aid budgets and quietly steadies whole economies, with strings no treaty admits
By Mira Faraj · Jun 28
WorldMegacities Are Discovering the Limits of Growing Upward
Vertical density promised efficiency; water pressure, elevators, and heat are exposing the ceiling of the tower model
By Sara Qureshi · Jun 28
WorldFreight Buyers Learn to Price Optionality
The cheapest route is not always the best route when disruption can turn a saving into a missed sale.
By Sara Qureshi · Jun 24
WorldAviation Hubs Focus on Turnaround Reliability
Airports and carriers are putting more attention on the minutes between arrival and departure, where network promises are won or lost.
By Sara Qureshi · Jun 24
WorldParaguay vs Australia preview: winner-takes-second Group D shootout
Level on points, Paraguay and Australia meet at Levi's Stadium with the final Group D qualification spot up for grabs.
By Priya Chen · Jun 23
WorldCroatia and Ghana set for high-stakes Group L decider in Philadelphia
A contrasting pair of openers sets up a tense final-round clash that could decide who advances.
By Lena Holloway · Jun 23
WorldAlgeria and Austria meet in Kansas City with a knockout place on the line
The final Group J fixture is a straight shootout for second place behind runaway leaders Argentina.
By Anika Patel · Jun 23
WorldTurkey vs USA preview: pride on the line in Group D dead rubber
An already-eliminated Turkey meet group winners USA in a fixture with nothing but pride and rotation at stake at SoFi Stadium.
By Anika Patel · Jun 23
WorldMust-win in Toronto as winless Panama and Croatia meet in Group L
Both sides lost their openers, making this BMO Field clash close to a knockout tie for survival.
By Mira Faraj · Jun 23
WorldPanama face daunting England test at MetLife in Group L finale
England carry momentum into the final round of fixtures as Panama chase the points they need to survive.
By Diego Arroyo · Jun 23
WorldJapan and Sweden meet in Group F decider with knockout places on the line
A win would all but secure top spot for Japan, while Sweden must respond to their Houston hammering.
By Diego Arroyo · Jun 23
WorldEngland eye knockout berth as buoyant Ghana arrive at Gillette Stadium
Both sides won their openers, and a victory in Foxborough could all but book a place in the last 32.
By Priya Chen · Jun 23
WorldDR Congo and Uzbekistan Meet in Atlanta With Survival on the Line
Two World Cup debutants in spirit clash in a pivotal final-round meeting that could shape who progresses from Group K.
By Marcus Okafor · Jun 23