Global markets react as US-Iran tensions disrupt energy flows

As PhDs expand, intellectual curiosity gives way to procedure, status and safe research

Skills gap widens as degrees rise but employability and rural access fall behind

Islamabad must choose: be a US channel or a credible, honest broker

Costly coal choices and poor planning turned energy abundance into lasting crisis

Global South in 1000-1300 (depicting modern world divisions) led progress owing to Islamic Golden Age, China and India

At home, the cracks are already visible. Support for another Middle Eastern conflict appears limited

Complete disregard for scientific findings and predictions, which are not disputed on merit or ethics

Children enter the world equal and without any bias or class difference

Progress in immunisation is real, but reaching the last 400,000 children is key