Updated 24 October 2026. On 24 October a second major day of protests took place. The interior ministry counted about 410,000 participants; organisers claimed around 800,000. Clashes occurred again in Paris and Marseille. Why are the French protesting? Because students, unions and remnants of the Yellow Vest movement marched on the same day against high … Read more
On Tuesday 22 September 2026, at United Nations headquarters in New York, three leaders signed a document that closed nearly two years of transatlantic tension. President Donald Trump, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen put their names to a trilateral security agreement covering the world’s largest island. Four days earlier, … Read more
Short answer: The Xi Jinping state visit to Washington, from September 23 to 25, 2026, is a return trip for Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing in May. But the real reason it matters now is a deadline. The trade truce the two leaders struck in Busan, South Korea, in October 2025 expires in early November. … Read more
Hurricane Lowell tore through the Central Pacific hard enough to become the first Category 5 storm in that basin since 2018, and now it’s curving straight toward Hawaii. Why is Hurricane Lowell turning toward Hawaii, why did it explode in strength so fast, and why are there three hurricanes churning across the Pacific at the … Read more
A volcano with one of history’s deadliest names is erupting again. Anak Krakatau, the island that rose from the crater of the catastrophic 1883 Krakatoa eruption, has been sending lava fountains and ash 50,000 feet into the sky since September 4, 2026, grounding hundreds of thousands of travelers across Indonesia. Why did Anak Krakatau erupt … Read more
On Friday, 4 September 2026, the United Nations General Assembly did something it has never done before: it voted on a map. By a margin of 164 to 1, with six abstentions, the world’s governments adopted the “Correct the Map” resolution, formally encouraging schools, media organizations, and international institutions to retire the 457-year-old Mercator projection … Read more
Gloria Steinem, the writer who became the public face of American feminism, died Wednesday at her home in New York City. She was 92. Why is Gloria Steinem so famous, why did an undercover assignment as a Playboy Bunny launch her career, and why did she wait until her 30s to become the activist the … Read more
A wall of water roughly 15 feet high tore through one of the most popular campgrounds at the bottom of the Grand Canyon on Saturday afternoon, destroying nearly every footbridge in its path. Why did the Grand Canyon flash flood happen, why were dozens of hikers caught with almost no warning, and why is the … Read more
Imran Khan has been behind bars in Pakistan for more than three years, and the question of why he’s still there has gotten more urgent in recent weeks. Why is Imran Khan in prison, why did Pakistan’s Supreme Court just order him to a hospital, and why is his family now openly worried about his … Read more
A US military transport plane touched down in Moscow on August 25, 2026, carrying someone American officials didn’t want the public to know about in advance: CIA Director John Ratcliffe. Why did the CIA director visit Moscow now, why didn’t he meet Putin, and why does the trip echo a warning visit from four years … Read more