The number of deaths caused by terrorist attacks worldwide has declined in recent years, according to reports meticulously compiled by the University of Maryland’s Global Terrorism Database. In 2017, terrorism-related deaths fell nearly 25 percent compared with the previous year. And since 2014, the global numbers have fallen a full 64 percent. Here’s a region-by-region look at the recent trend.
US federal regulators on Wednesday gave the industry a huge boost of confidence by authorizing some of the world’s largest financial firms to begin offering Exchange Traded Funds (known as ETFs) linked to Bitcoin, the most prevalent crypto currency.
Chinese Maj. Gen. Song Yanchao visited Washington on Monday and Tuesday for talks with his US counterpart, Assistant Sec. of Defense Michael Chase, in the first such exchange since 2021 – and just ahead of the Taiwanese election on Saturday.
Quiz question for you: Over the past 15 years, which country has produced more oil and natural gas than any nation in history? Answer: The United States.
The US could be on the verge of directly targeting Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen for the first time since the Israel-Hamas war began after the militants aimed a massive barrage of projectiles – 18 drones, an anti-ship missile, and two cruise missiles – at shipping lanes in the Red Sea late Tuesday.
Between 1999 and 2015, 3,500 postal workers in the UK were accused of theft, fraud, and false accounting. They were all innocent.
The three things to watch as the US presidential campaign season officially kicks off on Monday: if anyone can beat Trump in the Republican primary, Trump's criminal trials, and the US economy.
The year that must not be named.
How will the appeals court decision on Trump's presidential immunity claim play into your Top Risk of 2024? How will the upcoming Taiwan presidential election affect its relationship with both the United States and China? With Israel conducting airstrikes in Lebanon, is an expanded war in the Middle East inevitable? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.
If relected, Trump would learn from his mistakes in a first term, not unlike the velociraptors in the movie "Jurassic Park", one source told Susan Glasser, staff writer at The New Yorker and co-author of "The Divider: Trump in the White House, 2017-2021."