By Baher Kamal* MADRID, Jun 15 2022 (IPS)* – Here goes another fact: 230 million migrant workers are now a major life-saving source for up to one billion people starving in the world’s poorest communities, as well as a vital lifeline for the economy of their countries of origin…
By Michael Wasiura – Newsweek TBILISI, GEORGIA – 6/15/22 – As the Russian army intensifies its artillery assaults in eastern Ukraine, life in the Russian capital remains relatively unchanged. Despite the exodus of Western brands from the Russian market, the parks and cafes…
By Emma Brockes* – The Guardian High drama, betrayal, catharsis: the televised select committee investigation makes for riveting viewing One of the worst things about the Trump presidency was the frequent sense that the man could do or say anything and, Alice in…
Statement by Participants of the Science and Ethics of Happiness Study Group[1] Meeting hosted at the Casina Pio IV, Vatican City, June 6-7, 2022 Jesus taught the world that peacemakers are blessed, for they are the children of God. As war rages in Ukraine, the…
By Tom Coburg – The Canary. UK home office minister Priti Patel is expected to rule any day on whether WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be extradited to the US to face espionage related charges.
By Lasse Bruun and Milena Bernal Rubio (*) – Newsweek There is a grave misalignment between how the European Union (EU) conducts agricultural policy within and outside its borders. This is particularly evident in its trade relations with Latin America. The aspiration of…
ICAN Report Report Shows Two-fold Increase in Company Contracts Awarded Globally Nobel Peace Prize Laureate ICAN (International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons) today released the Squandered: 2021 Global Nuclear Weapons Spending Report, which found a staggering $6.5 billion…
Posted by Yves Smith* – Naked Capitalism US Eyepoking China, US Failed Muscling of Latin America, EU Commission Schemes to Admit Ukraine. To What End? We’ll try to keep this post at a high level, since each of the three fresh examples of actual or expected own goals…
Tom Engelhardt The introduction you’re reading right now is already out of date or we wouldn’t be in the United States of 2022. I mean, we live in a country where, for years now, there have been more guns than people.
By Rosa Miriam Elizalde* – Globetrotter/ Independent Media Institute June 7 was a bad day for Luis Almagro, secretary-general of the Organization of American States (OAS). During the ninth Summit of the Americas, a young man declared to him what he is: an assassin and…
