By the Numbers

The first year of Trump 2.0 featured deportations, tariffs and an abducted president.

Donald Trump plans to boost US military spending to $1.5 trillion in 2027. His plan to pay for it does not add up.

Billionaires own assets that emit more carbon in minutes than others do in lifetimes. The poor pay the cost.

Venezuela has the largest oil reserves in the world, but some of the people there earn less than $4 a month.

From AI to Zohran Mamdani, this is an A-Z of 2025’s biggest stories

From Ukraine to Palestine to Sudan, millions were exposed to conflict in 2025

Fifteen years after the Arab Spring, the women who lit the spark still struggle for influence, equality and protection

Sednaya, the Assad regime’s flagship prison, became Syria’s slaughterhouse, where thousands were tortured and killed

How language on covering Gaza deletes Palestinians from view and turns Israel’s genocidal war into a one-sided narrative

Africa’s youngest citizens are ruled by leaders in their 80s and 90s. Some are reshaping the system to hold on to power.