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Despite some gains, the data highlight stagnation and, in some areas, backsliding in women’s political representation. The 2025 “Women in Politics” map serves as a stark reminder that without decisive ...

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels have warned shippers that “any Israeli vessel” traveling through nearby Mideast waters is now a target ...

Since his return to office, U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an unprecedented number of executive orders — 54 in just ...

Europe can no longer afford to treat medicine security as a secondary issue. Anything less would be a grave miscalculation — ...