Ayobami Adebayo

To talk about American soft power less than a year after Joseph Nye’s death feels like both a tribute and a warning. Nye didn’t just popularize the term; he defined an entire way of understanding global influence. Hard power relies on force and economic pressure—the sticks and carrots of diplomacy. Soft power, on the other

Australia has slapped a 10% tariff on steel ceiling frames imported from China after an investigation confirmed that some Chinese producers were dumping products into the local market. The decision came after a probe by Australia’s Anti-Dumping Commission, which found evidence that the products were being sold at unfairly low prices, undercutting domestic manufacturers. Industry

A South Korean cryptocurrency exchange has admitted to a massive payout error that briefly turned hundreds of its users into instant multi-millionaires. The incident happened on Friday when Bithumb, one of the country’s largest crypto trading platforms, attempted to distribute a small promotional reward to its customers. Each user was supposed to receive just 2,000

Brazil has officially joined the United States, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, and Schengen-area countries in benefiting from Mexico’s streamlined digital entry system. With the return of the Sistema de Autorización Electrónica (SAE), Brazilian travelers can now complete the entire visa process online in minutes, removing the need for costly consular appointments and long processing

“Make America Go Away.” This is incredible and interesting. Greenland and Denmark witnessed rare, large-scale protests over the weekend as thousands of people rallied against US President Donald Trump’s renewed push to seize control of the Arctic island. What stood out most was not just the size of the demonstrations, but the symbol that quickly

The European Commission has opened a formal investigation into X, the social media platform owned by Elon Musk, following widespread outrage over the misuse of its AI chatbot, Grok. The probe focuses on whether X failed to adequately prevent the creation and spread of sexually explicit images generated by its AI tools, including images involving

South Africa has ordered Israel’s most senior diplomat in the country to leave within 72 hours, sharply escalating tensions between Pretoria and Tel Aviv amid an already strained relationship over the war in Gaza. The move follows what South African authorities described as “insulting attacks” on President Cyril Ramaphosa and a sustained “abuse of diplomatic

Venezuela’s acting president, Delcy Rodríguez, has signed into law a new hydrocarbons bill that introduces sweeping changes to the country’s oil sector, following sustained pressure from the United States to open it up to foreign private investment. The reform is being framed by the government as a turning point for an industry battered by decades

The United States’ decision to once again withdraw from the Paris Agreement has injected fresh uncertainty into global climate governance. The accord, adopted by nearly every country on Earth, was designed to limit global temperature rise to well below two degrees Celsius while mobilizing trillions of dollars in climate finance for vulnerable nations. With Washington