In the past few years, the area of politics and culture has moved from the margins of cultural inquiry in Sociology.

Global public debt seems to be reaching its highest level in recorded history, in excess of 100% of world’s GDP as the Covid-19 pandemic already prompted an unprecedented fiscal policy response of close to $11tn worldwide.

The booming rooftop solar panel industry nosedived overnight when the coronavirus forced homeowners to rein in spending and keep their distance from would-be installers.

Tucked away under lock and key in a former railroad depot turned small-town museum in the US state of Washington, a wooden printing press cranked back to life to mint currency after nearly 90 dormant years.

In early June, asylum seeker Jose Munoz decided it was time to flee for his life — by getting deported from a Texas immigration detention centre where coronavirus was sweeping through the population and going home to El Salvador.

A July 9 report on Fox News which claimed that the United Arab Emirates has held up a deal crafted by US officials to end a key aspect of the three-year blockade of Qatar by the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, and Egypt has refocused attention on the difficulties of ending an increasingly entrenched dis

In his opening address to the European Council on Foreign Relations’ (ECFR) annual meeting, German Foreign Affairs Minister Heiko Maas claimed that regardless of the outcome of the US presidential election this November, Europeans “will have to think about how to better contain the conflicts in Euro

On America’s birthday weekend, any other president would speak to the country’s better angels, encouraging the American people to overcome together multiple challenges of pandemic, economic distress and racial unrest.

The Covid-19 pandemic has arrived in waves, starting in Asia, where it quickly spread from mainland China to South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.

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As the sun sets in the Japanese town of Tatsuno, thousands of fireflies begin glowing, producing a spectacle that usually draws crowds of delighted visitors.

The change of leadership in Malaysia is expected to witness the continuation of Qatar-Malaysia bilateral ties on an upward trajectory, further strengthening the two countries’ close and brotherly relations, Malaysian embassy charge d’affaires Mohamed Shahir Sabarudin has said.