This article is part of a Women and Leadership special report highlighting women who are charting new pathways and fighting for opportunities for women and others. When Gil Won-ok, a Korean woman, died recently at the age of 96, the…
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Migrants Deported to Panama Jungle Camp Face Uncertain Future
The camp lies four hours from Panama’s capital, down a bumpy, often desolate highway, at the edge of a treacherous jungle called the Darién. For more than a week, it has held more than 100 asylum seekers from around the…
Some European Allies Fear Trump Is Out to Destroy Them
During his first term in office, President Trump described the European Union “as a foe,” established “to hurt the United States on trade.” He repeated the charge at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, but in more vulgar terms: “The European…
Under Trump, America’s New Friends: Russia, North Korea and Belarus
If the old saying is true, that you are known by who your friends are, then President Trump may be telling the world something about who he plans to be in this second term. In a move that redrew the…
The Hindu Morning Digest, February 25, 2025
Ambassadors vote on a resolution to reaffirm Ukraine’s terroritorial integrity, during a United Nations General Assembly meeting on the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, at UN Headquarters in New York City on February 24, 2025 | Photo Credit:…
Essential to induct more women in U.N. peacekeeping missions, says President Murmu
A file image of President Droupadi Murmu It is essential to induct more women in U.N. peacekeeping missions as they are better equipped to address gender-based violence, build trust and promote dialogue, President Droupadi Murmu said on Monday (February 24,…
U.S. Votes Against U.N. Resolution Demanding Russian Withdrawal from Ukraine
A showdown over Ukraine between the United States and its longtime European allies played out in the United Nations on Monday, as the United States opposed an effort to condemn Russian aggression and call for the immediate withdrawal of Russian…
Migrants Deported to Panama by Trump Administration Taken to Jungle Camp
Nearly 100 migrants, recently deported by the United States to Panama where they had been locked in a hotel, were loaded onto buses Tuesday night and moved to a detention camp on the outskirts of the jungle, several of the…
Under Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan, Some Migrants Are Being Sent to Panama
They arrived at the United States border from around the world, hoping to seek asylum. Instead, they were detained, shackled and flown by the U.S. military to a faraway country, Panama. They were stripped of their passports and most of…