A disaster that wiped out a decades-long project to bring pipe-borne water to Nepal’s capital shows the mismatch between slow-moving donor-financed efforts and rapid global warming.
Four young leaders explain how they became involved in the global democracy movement and what they have learned so far.
With many nations wary of the leadership of the United States, the war in Ukraine poses a test for the West.
Panelists at the Athens Democracy Forum said Putin’s invasion has provided a striking example of the importance and power of the democratic idea.
Last week, experts convened in Athens to discuss disinformation, misinformation and other threats to democracy.
In ancient Greece the great playwrights helped to plant and nurture the seeds of representative government through their characters and plots.
More than 80 percent of all travelers entering the U.S. are now verified by facial recognition. The loss of older, seemingly more convenient methods has many perplexed. And then there are the privacy issues.
The author and educator explains that making diverse democracies work is difficult and offers suggestions on how they can succeed.
Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark consistently rate highly on scales assessing democratic health, but it’s not easy to replicate their systems.
To cope with the impending loss of the family patriarch, who decided on medically assisted suicide, Ondi Timoner did what she knows best: She made a movie.
A Lebanese judge has fined and issued a six-month travel ban to a woman who stormed her bank with a fake pistol and forcefully withdrew her trapped savings
A land of thwarted potential, the country fends off outside influences, political change and some of its own history.
Muhammad Yulianto and Devi Ratna Sari took their young son to his first soccer match. The young couple were among the 125 who died in the tragedy at the Indonesian stadium.
Police say the shooter is a former police man and a manhunt is underway in northern Thailand.
In the northern city of Tripoli, many people now live without electricity and running water — and are going to desperate lengths to escape.