By Baher Kamal* “At a time when the people of the UK have opened their hearts and homes to Ukrainians, the government is choosing to act with cruelty and rip up their obligations to others fleeing war and persecution” says HRW report. Credit: UNOHCR MADRID, Apr 21 2022…
By Fabio Pipinato* Opinion News Agency Let us try to take a scientific and statistical approach to the two countries in conflict in Europe in order to get to know them a little better. We will help ourselves with classifications drawn up by various sources (UN agencies…
Posted by Yves Smith* – Naked Capitalism While it’s impossible to predict how the war in Ukraine, which is now undeniably a proxy war between the US/NATO and Russia, will wind up, some boundary conditions for both the military and economic battle are emerging. And their…
By Matt Nadel* – Boston Review Only 2 of Those Sentences Honor International Law. Angel Francisco Breard was executed by Virginia in contempt of a treaty that required his home country to be notified when he was first charged. What difference might it have made if the U.S. had…
By Hall Gardner* – Meer How the uncivilized Russia-Ukraine divorce exploded into full scale warfare Contrary to the general narrative, the Cold War did not end very peacefully. The Ukraine-Russia war is a continuation of a very uncivilized divorce that manifest itself in…
By Baher Kamal* MADRID, Apr 20 2022 (IPS) – The gloomy picture is drawn from indisputable scientific conclusions and should be already known by everybody, in particular by decision-makers, whether they are politicians… or rather not. Oceans filling with plastic and turning…
By Patrick Wintour* – The Guardian Former UN officials say body could be doomed if secretary general does not play a bigger role in mediating for peace in Ukraine A group of more than 200 former senior UN officials have written to the UN secretary general, António Guterres…
By Nadia Batok* – Wall Street International Magazine Balancing the risks and rewards Man has developed nuclear energy as an alternative source of clean and cheap energy to fossil fuels. Leading organizations propose to strengthen the role of nuclear energy as a future less…
By Roger McKenzie and Vijay Prashad (*) – Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute War is an ugly part of the human experience. Everything about it is hideous.
By Navid Hanif* UNITED NATIONS, Apr 18 2022 (IPS) – As the world is rocked by a confluence of crises, the global economic outlook for 2022 is becoming ever more uncertain and fragile. Prospects for sustainable development for all and achieving the Sustainable…
