Mapping the World Essentials

Qatar has long relied on football to increase its prestige, from buying French club Paris-Saint-Germain to sponsoring Barcelona. With TV rights selling for astronomical amounts, football is much more than just a sport.

In Xinjiang province in China over one million Uyghurs, a Turkic people, are detained in camps. 

With Keir Starmer ‘s resignation, British politics is still unstable after six prime ministers in the ten years since the Brexit vote.

When Pope Leo XIV spoke out against war, President Trump criticised the leader of the catholic church, which caused a backlash.

Straits across the world are crucial for global trade and provide strategic advantages for neighbouring countries.

Is the Russian president losing influence? Whether it be with his Iranian ally, his Chinese partner or on the battlefield in Ukraine, the Kremlin strongman no longer seems invincible.

The heatwaves this summer has forced Europe to face up to a lack of foresight and adaptation to climate change.

The Tate brothers have wide influence in the manosphere from their home in Romania.

A look back at the Jeffrey Epstein's life and how the Epstein Files are exposing corruption at the highest level.

Marking the opening of the 60th edition of the Montreux Jazz Festival, RAYE invites a host of international pop stars to join her on stage for an evening of music.

Cologne, Autumn 1944: In the bombed-out city, a small group of young people put up armed resistance against the Nazi regime

Audio pornography leaves room for the imagination while arousing the listener with erotic stories

Does wealth make you happy? Or maybe true wealth is having nothing at all?

Major disasters throughout history have helped to lower inequality. Is this still the case today?

Why do massive inequalities exist despite a global economy that has produced the most wealth in human history?

With Keir Starmer ‘s resignation, British politics is still unstable after six prime ministers in the ten years since the Brexit vote.

The Sado river, south of Lisbon, has been transformed from a polluted area to a regenerated biodiverse habitat.

An odyssey through Iran in search of a lost father for one Tehrani teenager and her friends.

When Pope Leo XIV spoke out against war, President Trump criticised the leader of the catholic church, which caused a backlash.