New and updated World affairs pages on ContentLora.https://contentlora.com/enhttps://contentlora.com/wiki/world-federation-for-mental-health/https://contentlora.com/wiki/world-federation-for-mental-health/The World Federation for Mental Health, founded in 1948, runs World Mental Health Day. Its history, mission, leadership and 2026 priorities.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTWikimental-healthhealthworld-affairshttps://contentlora.com/events/hunger-and-poverty-tracker/https://contentlora.com/events/hunger-and-poverty-tracker/Dated, sourced tracker of hunger and poverty news: World Bank and Census poverty data, SNAP law changes and shutdown lapse, USDA data cuts and famine alerts.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTDevelopingsocial-welfarepolicyworld-affairshttps://contentlora.com/events/irkutsk-suspected-plague-death-2026/https://contentlora.com/events/irkutsk-suspected-plague-death-2026/A dated, sourced timeline of the October 2026 death of an Irkutsk anti-plague lab worker: what WHO and Russia say, and what is still unknown.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTDevelopinghealthworld-affairshttps://contentlora.com/events/mental-health-policy-tracker/https://contentlora.com/events/mental-health-policy-tracker/A dated timeline of mental health policy: WHO reports, the UN declaration, Australia's under-16 social media law, US warning labels and the UK's new act.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTDevelopingmental-healthhealthpolicyworld-affairshttps://contentlora.com/events/world-mental-health-day-2026/https://contentlora.com/events/world-mental-health-day-2026/World Mental Health Day 2026 (10 October) centred on lived experience. The theme, WHO's new deinstitutionalization guide and the data behind them.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTDevelopingmental-healthhealthworld-affairshttps://contentlora.com/analysis/cash-transfers-evidence-debate/https://contentlora.com/analysis/cash-transfers-evidence-debate/Randomized trials of cash transfers, from GiveDirectly in Kenya to US guaranteed income and Baby's First Years: what they found and where views divide.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAnalysissocial-welfarepolicyworld-affairshttps://contentlora.com/analysis/russia-plague-scare-risk-analysis/https://contentlora.com/analysis/russia-plague-scare-risk-analysis/Weighing the Irkutsk lab death: what plague biology and WHO's assessments say about risk, why experts still want answers, and what to watch.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAnalysishealthworld-affairshttps://contentlora.com/explain/food-insecurity-explained/https://contentlora.com/explain/food-insecurity-explained/What food insecurity means, the last USDA estimate (13.7% of US households in 2024), why the report ended, and global hunger figures for 2025.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTExplainersocial-welfarepolicyworld-affairshttps://contentlora.com/explain/global-mental-health-data/https://contentlora.com/explain/global-mental-health-data/How many people live with mental disorders worldwide? WHO and Global Burden of Disease figures for 2023, the care gap, spending and what the data miss.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTExplainermental-healthhealthworld-affairshttps://contentlora.com/explain/global-poverty-data-explained/https://contentlora.com/explain/global-poverty-data-explained/How the World Bank counts extreme poverty: the $3.00 line from June 2025, the September 2026 estimate of 824 million, SDG 1 progress and other measures.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTExplainersocial-welfareworld-affairspolicyhttps://contentlora.com/explain/poverty-explained/https://contentlora.com/explain/poverty-explained/A crash course on poverty in 2026: the $3-a-day global line, US official and supplemental rates, what the evidence says works, and what changed.Sun, 11 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTExplainersocial-welfarepolicyworld-affairshttps://contentlora.com/wiki/brent-crude/https://contentlora.com/wiki/brent-crude/Brent is the world's most widely used crude oil benchmark. What it measures, how spot and futures prices differ, and how it moved in 2026.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTWikimarketsworld-affairshttps://contentlora.com/wiki/opec-plus/https://contentlora.com/wiki/opec-plus/OPEC+ links OPEC's members with Russia and other producers under the Declaration of Cooperation. Who is in it and what it decided in 2026.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTWikimarketsworld-affairspolicyhttps://contentlora.com/wiki/wti-crude/https://contentlora.com/wiki/wti-crude/WTI is the main US crude oil benchmark, priced at Cushing, Oklahoma. What it is, why it trades below Brent, and how it moved in 2026.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTWikimarketsworld-affairshttps://contentlora.com/events/oil-prices-2026-tracker/https://contentlora.com/events/oil-prices-2026-tracker/A dated, sourced timeline of 2026 oil price moves, from the Strait of Hormuz closure to the October 2026 stock releases, using EIA, IEA and OPEC data.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTDevelopingmarketsworld-affairspolicyhttps://contentlora.com/events/us-ai-chip-export-controls/https://contentlora.com/events/us-ai-chip-export-controls/How US rules on exporting advanced AI chips to China have changed since October 2022, who they affect, and what is still unresolved.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTDevelopingpolicysemiconductorsaiworld-affairshttps://contentlora.com/events/us-stock-market-2026-tracker/https://contentlora.com/events/us-stock-market-2026-tracker/Dated S&P 500 closes, records, sell-offs and their reported drivers in 2026, from the Iran war slump to October records, with sources.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTDevelopingmarketsworld-affairshttps://contentlora.com/analysis/oil-market-outlook-2026/https://contentlora.com/analysis/oil-market-outlook-2026/EIA, the IEA and OPEC disagree sharply on 2026 oil demand after the Hormuz shock. Their forecasts side by side, with what each assumes, as of October 2026.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTAnalysismarketsworld-affairspolicyhttps://contentlora.com/explain/oil-prices/https://contentlora.com/explain/oil-prices/Where oil prices stand as of October 2026, why they surged after the Strait of Hormuz closure, and how Brent, WTI, OPEC+ and pump prices fit together.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTExplainermarketsworld-affairspolicyhttps://contentlora.com/explain/what-moves-oil-prices/https://contentlora.com/explain/what-moves-oil-prices/Supply, demand, inventories, OPEC+ and geopolitics set crude prices. Why gasoline and diesel follow crude unevenly, explained with 2026 examples.Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTExplainermarketsworld-affairs