Improving Outcomes Through the Power of Connection

Making Education More Than a Grade In December of 2013, I published an article in Language Magazine entitled, “Making Education More Than a Grade”. This article examined the positive effects of service learning for English language learners (ELLs)...

Global readers engage with Chinese stories at Frankfurt Book Fair

(Xinhua) 08:32, October 20, 2025 A man visits the Reading China booth at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt, Germany, Oct. 15, 2025. (Xinhua/Du Zheyu) Curiosity and enthusiasm for learning more about China were palpable among visitors crowding...

Ten years on: Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean migration policy under the spotlight

© Ajdin Kamber/Shutterstock A decade after the so-called “refugee crisis” of 2015, South-Eastern Europe remains the focal point and most fragile terrain of European migration policy. What appeared to be a temporary emergency has become a permanent...

Roundup: Global readers engage with Chinese stories at Frankfurt Book Fair

FRANKFURT, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Curiosity and enthusiasm for learning more about China were palpable among visitors crowding the booths of Chinese publishers at the 77th Frankfurt Book Fair, held here from Oct. 14 to 19. Among a wide range of...

My Time in Mexico’s Largest Immigration Detention Center

The first time I spoke with survivors of the Darién Gap, I was in jail in Mexico. It was July 2021, and I was serving a brief stint as the token gringa inmate in Siglo XXI, Mexico’s largest immigration detention center, located in the city of...

China is soaking up oil imports, and the US and Russia are reasons why

There is a mystery at the heart of the global oil market. China has soaked up a torrent of oil imports this year, filling tanks and underground caverns. Without this, prices would be much lower. But why is Beijing snapping up oil it doesn’t...

Croatia’s regulatory deadlock is strangling large-scale solar

Regulatory inaction on grid fees has stalled 3.5 GW of large-scale renewables in Croatia, mostly solar, with developers such as Solvis citing a lack of stable grid-connection rules as a barrier to planning and investment. October 21, 2025...

Globetrotting Mayor Adams leaves a heated mayor's race behind

First, Mayor Eric Adams left the race for mayor. Now he’s left the country – at least for a few days. On Monday, the mayor took off for a four-day visit to Albania at the invitation of the country’s prime minister, according to City Hall. A...

Man in 2013 Gettysburg University rape case sentenced to prison

Ian Cleary, a man accused of sexually assaulting a Gettysburg University student in 2013, was sentenced on Monday, Oct. 20. Cleary was sentenced to two to four years in state prison after pleading guilty in July. Shannon Keeler recounted the night...

Lea Ypi: Dignity is not something waiting to be recovered from the past

Renowned professor and political theorist Lea Ypi, celebrated for her acclaimed memoir “Free,” returns with a captivating new book that confronts the challenges of surviving and finding meaning in an age of extremes. Recently released, “Indignity”...

Cooper to host talks on security and migration at Western Balkans summit

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Budapest hosts China-CEEC forum on libraries' future

BUDAPEST, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- The 4th China-Central and Eastern European Countries (CEEC) Curators' Forum of Libraries Union opened Monday at Hungary's National Szechenyi Library, bringing together experts to discuss the future of libraries in the...

Bill Gates and Tony Blair-Backed AI Appointed as World’s First AI Government Minister

Diella, Albania’s new AI minister, says, “The real danger to the Constitution has never been machines, but the human decisions made by those in power.” Screenshot from Reddit, courtesy of the Albanian government. “I’m not here to replace humans,”...

Ranked: America’s Most Common Drugs by Medicare Spending

Ranked: Countries With the Most Years in Poor Health See visuals like this from many other data creators on our Voronoi app. Download it for free on iOS or Android and discover incredible data-driven charts from a variety of trusted sources. Key...

Protecting Antifa against the madness of King Donald — a radical idea

Before we discuss the massive No Kings demonstrations across the US and the ongoing attacks by the Trump administration on Antifa, and before I propose a radical idea, I volunteer a tale from my university years and what it could inspire. Years...

All surrendered before the Republic of Prosecutors

A defence lawyer was detained after a tense hearing, accused of threatening the prosecution. He had accused the case prosecutor and a judicial police officer of manipulating the incident and vowed to seek criminal charges against them. After the...

Mallorca is a top winter Mediterranean holiday winner beating Greece

With temperatures currently in the mid to high 20ºC as we come to the end of October, Mallorca appears to be enjoying the great end to the peak season with winter looking strong bookings wise, especially with the UK market. And, according to the...

Harry Kane set to miss Wales friendly in fresh England injury blow

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Eco Buildings' Dr Etrur Albani on €420M Chile housing contract...

Eco Buildings Group PLC (AIM:ECOB) founder and executive vice-chairman Dr Etrur Albani talked with Proactive's Stephen Gunnion about a major €420 million agreement to supply 20,000 homes in Chile, part of the country's social housing program....

Why Gaza needs a ceasefire monitor

Trust, as they say, is built up in drops and lost in buckets. When it comes to the shaky truce in Gaza, however, there appears to be little trust to lose. The violent animus between the Israeli military and Hamas is such that a reported breach of...