Who Lit the Fires in Nuh?
The Meo Muslims of Nuh shared tight bonds and socio-cultural life with Hindus for centuries. But lynchings and hate killings since 2017 have torn them apart.
AUKUS, QUAD Transforming Alliance-Like
This week augurs an acceleration of strategic realignments among the big powers amidst growing signs of a new cold war globally with particular focus on the United States’ containment strategy against China playing out in the Indo-Pacific region.
France Never Stopped Looting Africa, Now the Tables are Turning
As developments in West Africa demonstrate, the francophone countries are no longer willing to accept French neo-colonialism. With the fear factor finally removed, Africa’s quest for genuine independence is steadily coming to fruition.
Algeria and France: The Anticolonial Struggle Continues
There has been a strong drive in Algeria to rid itself of its colonial past, reducing the use of French in discourse, education and the media and this in turn has generated more anti-French feeling in the country.
Eritrea Celebrates Freedom
Eritrea is a small nation on the Horn of Africa with a population of only 6 million people. In 1991 it emerged as an independent country after years of war with Ethiopia and is decidedly socialist, which is why the U.S. has remained so hostile to its existence.
Harold Pinter Had it Right
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has kept his silence about when and what he knew about President Biden’s decision to mangle Germany’s economy by destroying the Nord Stream pipelines last September.
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Former Israeli General Accuses Israel of ‘War Crimes’ Reminiscent of Nazi Germany in West Bank
Former Israeli army general Amiram Levin said what is happening in the West Bank is ‘total apartheid’ and ‘dragging us all into war crimes’.
The IMF Bias: Signals from Pakistan
In a turnaround, the IMF has now granted Pakistan a larger-than expected, nine-month, short-term loan package of $3 billion. This is independent of the earlier IMF-supported program.
Declaration of Belém Do Pará: A Roadmap to Save the Amazonia
On Tuesday, August 8, the Amazonia Summit and the IV Presidential Meeting of the member countries of the Amazonia Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) began in Brazil. As the first contribution of the Summit, the Declaration of Belém Do Pará was issued.
A New Climate Frontier
“We anticipate acceleration of the long-term global warming rate by at least 50%, i.e., to at least 0.27°C/decade,” says James Hansen, in an article “Oh-Oh. Now What?”