Chad de Guzman

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A portrait of Narges Mohammadi in Tehran on Feb. 5, 2025. Credit - Elham Abbasloo—Middle East Images/AFP/Getty ImagesIranian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Narges Mohammadi has long fought for freedom and human rights, even at the expense of her own. With her country now at war with Israel, Mohammadi called on her fellow activists to band together and call for a ceasefire.

1 week ago | time.com | Chad de Guzman

Domestic regime change is no stranger to Thailand, which has had at least 12 successful coups and 31 Prime Ministers since the founding of its current constitutional monarchy in 1932—itself the product of a coup.

1 week ago | time.com | Chad de Guzman

Psilocybin is a notorious hallucinogen found in “magic mushrooms”—a federally controlled substance that the U.S. deems to have “no currently accepted medical use” and “a high potential for abuse.”But not everyone agrees with that assessment: New Zealand on Wednesday became the latest country to approve the use of the substance for therapeutic purposes.

1 week ago | time.com | Chad de Guzman

Content moderation, tech billionaire and self-proclaimed free speech “absolutist” Elon Musk told independent journalist Don Lemon in an interview on X last year that the X owner would go on to fire Lemon after, is “a propaganda word for censorship.” Since acquiring the social media company formerly known as Twitter in 2022, Musk told Lemon he made it his mission to fight such controls and “preserve freedom of speech in America,” and he’s taken his case to courts across the U.S. and world.

1 week ago | aol.com | Chad de Guzman

Cambodian soldiers speak with Thai soldiers at the disputed ancient Khmer temple Prasat Ta Muen Thom, or Prasat Ta Moan Thom in Khmer, on the Cambodian-Thai border in Oddar Meanchey province on March 26, 2025. Credit - Tang Chhin Sothy—AFP/Getty ImagesBoth Cambodia and Thailand have been rated among the friendliest nations in the world, and just five years ago, the Southeast Asian neighbors thought their friendship with each other could never be broken.