Margaret Ellison is the editor-in-chief of Tilias News. She leads the newsroom's coverage of world affairs and oversees editorial standards across every section, with a focus on clear, sourced reporting that respects the reader's time.
El Niño is a periodic warming of the tropical Pacific that shifts rainfall and storm tracks worldwide. It is natural, irregular, and distinct from climate change.
A ceasefire suspends fighting. It does not end a war, settle what caused it, or bind anyone who did not sign it — distinctions that decide whether one holds.
When no party wins a majority, governing requires an agreement between several. How coalitions are negotiated, how they hold together, and how they fall apart.
Sanctions are restrictions imposed to change a government's behaviour without going to war. Who can impose them, and what the evidence says about whether they work.
The Security Council is the UN's most powerful body, where any one of five permanent members can block a major decision on its own with the veto.
How a thin blanket of gases keeps Earth warm enough to live on — and why adding more of them is changing the climate.
These three words are often used interchangeably, but in international law they mean different things — and the difference affects people's protection.
Inside the photovoltaic effect: how a slab of treated silicon converts light into usable electric current, with no moving parts.
Joining the EU is a long, structured process built around democratic standards and adopting the bloc's entire body of law, chapter by chapter.
Buying a credit to cancel out emissions sounds simple — but the value of an offset depends on claims that are hard to verify.
