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In 2015, the United Nations set a goal to end child labour worldwide by 2025 but progress has been slow and halting. World has missed the target. It has 138 million children between 5 and 17 years of age in child labour, while South Asia has 14.3 million with most of them obviously in India, being the largest populated country in the region. The world was able to eliminate only 20 million child labour since 2020, meaning thereby, the fight against child labour to continue for decades.

Mexico or 'Mehico'? Mexicans have never stopped calling Mexico 'Mehico', just like Mumbaikars never stopped Bombay 'Mumbai' in their heads throughout the British Raj. And 'Mehicans' have always considered California Mexico's land, taken by force sometime in the past when the American wild west ran afoul of the Spaniards who had occupied the region called Mexico and lands south of Mexico.

The global gender gap has closed to 68.8%, marking the strongest annual advancement since the COVID-19 pandemic. Yet full parity remains 123 years away at current rates, according to the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report 2025, released on June 12 in Geneva.. Iceland leads the rankings for the 16th year running, followed by Finland, Norway, the United Kingdom and New Zealand.

WASHINGTON: In the aftermath of the Los Angeles immigration raids of the last several days, organizers expect the nationwide “No Kings Day” protests on June 14 to be massive, and they are doing everything in their power to ensure the demonstrations are peaceful and that the Trump administration is not able to derail them.

The high level delegations of United States of America and China concluded their two day trade talks in London on Tuesday agreeing to take forward the course of negotiations for further promoting steady and healthy development of economic and trade ties between the two largest economies of the world. Both Chinese and U.S. sources underlined that the London talks were based on the guidelines set through phone conversations between President Trump and President Xi Jinping on June 5 as also the understanding arrived at the earlier meeting in Geneva last month.

LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles, the city of angels (Mexican), is on fire on Reality TV playing to the advantage of the master of the Apprentice show and Art of the Deal as the city of Hollywood battles the federal government over its powers to federalize the state national guard on matters of crime and policing as it rides roughshod in its pursuit of illegal immigrants keeping an election pledge that brought the Republican Party led by Donald Trump to power In 2024 November elections.

The interim Chief Adviser of Bangladesh Government Dr. Muhammad Yunus has finally announced the holding of national elections in the country in the first half of April next year defying the demand of the main opposition party BNP to hold it in December this year. The final dates will be notified by the Election Commission. The EC will also be notifying the norms as also the criteria for the eligibility of the candidates for contesting the polls.

WASHINGTON: China US tariff war is back in the news and focus as the Chinese delegation reached London for the second round of trade talks beginning Monday. The first round was held in Geneva last month and the three day talks prepared a framework for carrying forward the negotiations towards an agreement.

The United Kingdom’s Strategic Defence Review (SDR), published on June 2 this year offers an ambitious vision for the British Armed Forces. It reiterates a focus on a ‘NATO First’ policy, amid what Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer calls in the document a ‘new era for defence and security’.

In the highly surcharged atmosphere due to ongoing war between Russia & Ukraine and Israeli aggression on Gaza, the fear of use of nuclear weapons looms large. People around the globe had become complacent about the need of the abolition of nuclear weapons. Thus, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) did not become people’s issue. This is despite the fact that the treaty was passed by an overwhelming majority of the delegates in the UN General Assembly in 2017 with only one vote against and one abstention. But now as the fear of nuclear threat is increasing, people are getting sensitized about the need for their abolition. People in South Asia after a recent short lived war between India and Pakistan are also feeling the nuclear danger.