By Ali Walker – POLITICO Crown Prince MBS privately promised to pay for all Greece’s infrastructure, in exchange for Athens signing up to the joint 2030 bid Saudi Arabia offered to pay for new sports stadiums in Greece and Egypt if they agreed to team up with the oil-rich Gulf…
By Ilan Kelman* – The Conversation The death toll of the massive earthquakes that have rocked the Turkey-Syria border region has now exceeded 10,000 (+) people and the World Health Organization has suggested it could rise as high as 20,000. The catastrophe has led to an…
By Jonathan Yerushalmy* – The Guardian Beset by crumbling infrastructure and food shortages, Syria’s war-ravaged population was unprepared for the deadly quake Syria bears the scars of 12 years of brutal war, the effects of which are likely to hamper aid efforts in the areas…
By Alyssa Milano* – Newsweek UNICEF ambassador Alyssa Milano recently traveled to Egypt with UNICEF where she learned from young women about the challenges they face in regards to climate, violence, access to education and bodily autonomy, including Female Genital Mutilation…
By Brandon J Weichert* – Asia Times That’s what great powers do, so get used to it Now that the Great Balloon Panic of 2023 has passed us, it is high time to address the context of why the Chinese balloon (which is actually an endoatmospheric satellite) graced our nation’s…
By Muhammad Wasama Khalid* – modern.diplomacy In recent years, Afghanistan has witnessed a surge in the influence of non-state actors such as the Taliban and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). These groups have exploited the political vacuum in the country to carry out acts of…
By Diego Lasarte – Quartz (*) Latin American countries rich in the mineral are not giving it up so easily German chancellor Olaf Scholz flew to Latin America this week looking for one thing: lithium. Meeting with the leaders of Argentina, Chile, and Brazil — home to the…
By Countercurrents.org Right To Food Campaign Budget Nirmala Sitaraman 1 The Right to Food Campaign is shocked to see that, at this time of deep crisis the Union Budget 2022-23 has continued to reduce the government spending on the social sector by a huge extent. The…
By Binoy Kampmark* – CounterPunch website It seems to be a case of little provision for so much supposed effect. The debates, the squabbles, the to-and-fro about supplying Ukraine with tanks from Western arsenals has served to confirm one thing: this is an ever-broadening war…
By Kate Jelly*- Newsweek International fashion brands that began sourcing from Myanmar during the country’s transition to democracy are now profiting from its descent into dictatorship. Since the military takeover two years ago, labor rights in Myanmar have seen significant…
