By Thalif Deen* UNITED NATIONS, Dec 2 2021 (IPS) – The widespread 21-month-old lockdown, triggered by the corona virus pandemic, had a destructive impact on the global economy, claimed over 5.2 million lives, destabilized governments and radically changed lifestyles…
By Alexander Baunov – The Moscow Times (*) The West finds itself facing the uncomfortable dilemma of whether to boost Russia’s status or to refuse to give Moscow the promises it desires, thus conserving the conflict in its heated state. Once again, the world is discussing…
By Zione Ntaba, Rodrigo Uprimny and Zak Yacoob (*) – Al Jazeera Access to COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics is part of the human right to health. The COVID-19 crisis and measures taken by states to mitigate, prevent and contain the spread of the virus have had an immeasurable…
Posted by Yves Smith* – Naked Capitalism Not only have our soi-disant leaders apparently not learned anything since the start of Covid, they are acting as if the disease will bend to their wishful thinking and commercial/political needs. As we’ll explain below, the…
By Karen Day – Global Government Forum (*) In recent years and decades, a number of civil services have been accused of institutional racism. Some countries have since taken steps to ensure the government workforce is ethnically diverse and inclusive.
By Michael von der Schulenburg* In a changing world, Europe must act according to its own security and economic interests When the Cold War ended peacefully in 1990, Europe was its main beneficiary. Today, only 30 years later, we seem on the verge of yet another Cold War.
By David Folkenflik – National Public Radio (NPR) NPR’s David Folkenflik talks with Fatima Hassan, founder and director of the Health Justice Initiative in South Africa, about the omicron variant and inequity in the global vaccination campaign. DAVID FOLKENFLIK, HOST: Health…
Attachments / Anexos, In English and Spanish-En inglés y español Inventar el futuro El poeta y científico Federico Mayor ha vuelto a dar voz al anhelo que alberga la humanidad de que se produzca un cambio en las prácticas y en la mentalidad, que nos aleje del pensamiento…
By Katya Adler – Europe editor BBC France has so far rejected British calls for joint border patrols on the French coast In France, in Brussels and the UK, there have been expressions of remorse and sadness at the loss of human life in the Channel. Yet, at the same time…
InsightHungary!!! (*) The government has taken three blows from the EU in the last few days, all of which makes its position in the long disputes with Brussels over the rule of law less and less tenable. First, the European Commission has written to Hungary – and also to…
