Browsing: Crisis

Average home prices remain very close to the all-time highs reached at the beginning of the year. Accordingly, public opinion…

When Maleshoane Rakojoana was furloughed from her job at a Lesotho clothing factory nearly three months ago, it turned her…

Sept. 13 marked five years of incarceration without bail or trial for Indian activist Umar Khalid, who is detained on…

The humanitarian situation in Gaza has been dire throughout Israel’s 22-month war against Hamas, but the crisis has reached new…

Ukraine’s wartime economy is defined by the massive mobilization of resources for the war effort, funded by tax revenue mobilization…

Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at mounting pressure for an Israel-Hamas cease-fire deal, escalating border clashes between…

Taiwan is experiencing an energy crisis. As the island completes a phaseout of nuclear power plants—long the bedrock of its…

Zimbabwe came to a standstill on March 31. As the military filled the streets in response to a planned protest,…