Former USAID official warns China is already looking to fill void left by paused programs

Tourism rebounded in 2023 after a depressed few years thanks to the coronavirus pandemic, but all the glamour of travel brought with it some ugliness, and much of it was caught on camera and made headlines.  Travel grew this year, with AAA reporting in April that international trips had increased more than 200% compared to […]

The United Nations atomic watchdog on Wednesday sounded the alarm that Iran has hit the “gas pedal” on its nuclear development and urged diplomacy just two days after President Donald Trump re-entered the White House.  The Head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) told world leaders at the Davos World Economic Forum that Iran […]

Two men were arrested in connection with the killing of Ugandan Olympic runner Benjamin Kiplagat, who was found fatally stabbed in a car in Kenya on New Year’s Eve, police said Monday. A knife suspected of being used in the killing of the 34-year-old Kiplagat was found on one of the suspects, Moiben sub county […]