Author: Harrison Tasoff-UC Santa Barbara

“There already are huge shortfalls in aid for hunger and famine, and our work shows that the need is even greater than we thought.”Read More

New Zealand compares well on global measures of freedom, happiness and transparency. But rankings in some important areas, including climate, drag the averages down.Read More

‘Zootopia 2’ was another holiday victor as Sony’s ‘Anoconda’ struggled to scare anyone.Read More

According to the Institute for Economics and Peace’s (IEP) latest […]Read More

The Miss America Organization announced the newly crowned Miss America will serve as an honorary USO Global Ambassador during her year of service.Read More

Avatar: Fire and Ash is now up to $760.4 million at the global box office as the Disney sci-fi sequel heads towards one billion dollars from theaters.Read More

China’s state iron ore buyer is using increasingly hardball tactics against mining giants such as BHP to tighten its grip on the $132 billion seaborne market and extract better terms for steel mills, just as a giant new source of supply is set to strengthen its hand.Read More

Global capital is coming back to Southeast Asia’s stock markets this month, positioning the cohort as one of the must-watch pockets of global finance for 2026.Read More

The expected departure comes amid growing speculation that Saks Global, the parentco of Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, and Bergdorf Goodman, is contemplating a potential bankruptcy filing.Read More

“When I was in the US Navy, I lived in Naples, Italy. Italy is not as wealthy as the US, but it has a multi-tiered healthcare system that works just fine. People who are affluent can, and sometimes do, pay for their own medical care. The rest can go to the Italian hospitals for little to no cost.”Read More