The School of Leadership, Afghanistan, founded by Shabana Basij-Rasikh, has opened a permanent campus in Rwanda for 122 Afghan girls who were forced to leave Afghanistan or barred from secondary education. Its SOLAx online platform also provides Afghan-curriculum lessons to about 41,000 Read More
A genetically modified Yucatan miniature pig kidney helped Tim Andrews, a U.S. patient with end-stage kidney disease, avoid dialysis for 271 days before doctors removed it after its function declined. He then received a deceased human donor kidney successfully. The case is Read More
Global trade is changing in 2026 amid economic uncertainty, shifting policies, supply-chain pressures and technological development. Goods and services trade have grown, partly because of higher energy and transportation prices, while businesses are diversifying suppliers and markets to reduce disruption risks. Technology Read More
The world is entering a period of growing geopolitical tension, economic uncertainty and rapid technological change. At the same time, countries continue to face challenges that cannot be solved by one nation alone, including climate change, humanitarian crises, economic instability and global Read More
Afghanistan remains the only country where girls and women are barred from secondary and higher education. Since 2021, millions of girls have been unable to continue beyond primary school, limiting future employment opportunities and contributing to shortages of skilled women. Many girls Read More
