One week into a new counter-offensive, Ukrainian forces are making gains in the south, with the ambitious goal of taking back most of the Russian-occupied region of Kherson by the end of the year. The last week has seen the most ambitious ground assaults by the Ukrainians since the beginning…

The U.S. economy is going to fall into a recession next year, according to Steve Hanke, a professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University, and that’s not necessarily because of higher interest rates.  “We will have a recession because we’ve had five months of zero M2 growth, money supply…

Pakistan’s prime minister Shehbaz Sharif has warned of a “humongous challenge” ahead following catastrophic floods in the country that have coincided with an acute financial crisis and a deepening political conflict between the government and former leader Imran Khan. After flood waters swept away settlements, pooled in low-lying areas and…

Fighting resumed last week in northern Ethiopia’s Tigray region, ending a month’s long cease-fire and burying hopes for a peaceful resolution of the country’s civil war. The conflict began nearly two years ago and has pitted Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s federal government against the region’s rulers, the Tigray People’s…