The World Is Getting Older — and No Country Is Ready
Somewhere in the last few decades, humanity crossed a threshold it barely noticed: for the first time in history, there are more older people than young children in many parts of the…
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China’s Emissions Are Falling — and That Changes the Climate Maths
For years, the global climate debate has had a stubborn fact at its centre: China is the world’s largest emitter of greenhouse gases, and its emissions kept rising. In the third quarter…
Japan’s November Earthquake: A Country That Never Stops Preparing
At 1:04 a.m. on Sunday, 8 November 2026, a magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck western Shizuoka Prefecture in central Japan. The shaking, measured at upper 5 on Japan’s seven-level seismic scale in Chita,…
America’s Blue Wave: What the 2026 Midterms Mean for the World
On 3 November 2026, American voters delivered one of the most decisive midterm results in modern history. The Democrats won control of both the Senate and the House of Representatives, stripping President…
COP31 Opens in a New Age of Climate Extremes
The COP31 United Nations climate summit opened in Antalya, Türkiye, on 9 November 2026, and it did so under a warning that left little room for comfort. “A supersized El Niño is…