Another week of 2025 is coming to an end (already!), and with it comes the Diplomat’s weekly news recap. In today’s Sunday Summary, we’ll...

For a Student Who Used AI to Write a Paper Now I let it fall back in the grasses. I hear you. I know this life is hard now. I know your...

The Horn of Africa is witnessing new unrest as Ethiopia seeks access to water and port facilities through Somalia. Ethiopia’s move, the...

For the rest of the world, life goes on as usual. Women and men, sitting together at round café tables, sipping coffee and chatting about...

On a sweat-inducing, sweltering day last summer I landed in Shanghai. It had been a long time coming. Since high school, I had wanted to...

When I was planning my solo trip to the mountains this year, I had no idea I would meet this inspiring Hong Kong citizen along the way...

Dear readers, to all those who follow the news day and night, here is the summary of Sunday 9 February, always rich in major events,...

On January 15, 2025, after 15 brutal months of conflict, a temporary ceasefire deal  was finally reached between Israel and Gaza...

In January 2025, Southern California experienced unprecedented wildfires, most destructively the Palisades and Eaton fires . The...

At exactly 12 PM on January 29 , the German parliament gathered in Berlin for a memorial service in honour of the Holocaust victims. The...

World news these days is abundant and reads a bit like lyrics to Billy Joel's masterclass: We didn't start the fire It was always burning...

Last semester I decided it was time for me to get back into reading. So I looked into the big pile of my procrastination bookshelf, saw...

“I believe the former president should be responsible for his words, and the people who broke the law should be responsible for their...

"UNSA is a platform for opportunity,"  says Darko Petrovic, founder of the UN Student Association Maastricht. The existence of this...

A few days ago, I watched a documentary at Lumière titled Ernest Cole, Lost and Found , which explored the brutal history of Apartheid in...

Dear readers, it is officially the last Sunday of the first month of the year! And what a week it has been for our American friends, as...

On December 4th this year, the CEO of UnitedHealthCare Brian Thomson was shot dead as he was walking to the New York Hilton Midtown Hotel...

‘You must pay your cat tax!’ is what Chinese users of Red Note, also known as Xiaohongshu, are demanding of new American users. The cat...

In the lion’s den  “ I wanted to teach where it would benefit the students most. ” In this way, Hugo Girard, a 24-year-old History and...

When Anora opens, Sean Baker exposes his main character in the neon-drenched fantasy of a strip club: sparkling and smiling as she dances...