By Baher Kamal * MADRID, Dec 20 2021 (IPS) – A bit of fiction. Or maybe not. If things keep going the way they are, the result will be that such a massive flux would create instability and tensions, impact the global markets, cause record prices of fossil fuels, food…
By John Bartlett/ Sam Jones – The Guardian Leftist former student has vowed to unite country and tackle poverty and inequality Gabriel Boric has vowed to unite Chile, fight “the privileges of the few” and tackle poverty and inequality after winning a decisive…
By Rebecca Henschke, Kelvin Brown and Ko Ko Aung – BBC World Service The Myanmar military carried out a series of mass killings of civilians in July that resulted in the deaths of at least 40 men, a BBC investigation has found. Eyewitnesses and survivors said that soldiers, some…
by Fumiyasu Akegawa – Chair & CEO DEVNET INTERNATIONAL On December 1st, Japan’s Aichi Prefecture announced that it would cooperate with the pharmaceutical manufacturer Kowa Co, Ltd. to carry out the clinical trial to confirm the therapeutic effect of ivermectin which is…
By Vijay Prashad, Taroa Zuniga Silva (*)- Globetrotter, Independent Media Institute “If [Augusto] Pinochet were alive, he would vote for me,” said José Antonio Kast in 2017, during the Chilean presidential election when he ran as an independent candidate. This was an…
By Ben Phillips* Meanwhile, more than 10 months since Myanmar’s military seized power, the country’s human rights situation is deepening on an unprecedented scale, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), warned December 10. ROME, Dec 17 2021…
Tom Phillips* and John Bartlett – The Guardian As election run-off looms, José Antonio Kast’s opponents sound the alarm María Irene Campos was a woman on a mission. “I want to send the message that Chile will never again be communist,” the 74-year-old retiree proclaimed as she…
Viewpoint by Norman Solomon* SAN FRANCISCO, USA (IDN) — Nuclear weapons are at the pinnacle of what Martin Luther King Jr. called “the madness of militarism.” If you’d rather not think about them, that’s understandable. But such a coping strategy has limited value.
By Richard Haass* – Project Syndicate The US and its allies are more than justified providing Ukraine with arms to defend itself, as well as threatening to impose severe economic sanctions should Russian President Vladimir Putin decide to launch an invasion. But the US is also…
By Patrick Gathara* – Al Jazeera If Roe v Wade is overturned, US Christian right-wing groups will be emboldened to double their efforts to spread abortion restrictions across the globe, especially in Africa The US Supreme Court could be on the verge of one of the greatest…
