Trump vs. Congress: Now What?
By ROBERT DRAPER* – The New York Times After the president suffered his first defeat on Capitol Hill, can the White House still make good on its legislative promises? On Monday, Jan. 9, less than two weeks before President Trump’s inauguration, the House speaker, Paul Ryan…
A Carbon Law to Protect the Climate
By Stephen Leahy UXBRIDGE, Canada, Mar 24 2017 (IPS) – The Carbon Law says human carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions must be reduced by half each decade starting in 2020. By following this “law” humanity can achieve net-zero CO2 emissions by mid-century to protect the global climate…
Did a Dutch eurocrat call southern Europeans drunken womanisers?
The Economist, In-Depth No, but that is what northern Europeans think IN PHILIP ROTH’S “The Human Stain”, a university professor finds himself accused of racial harassment after he jokingly asks whether two black students who fail to attend class are “spooks”. (He means…
Mainstreaming South-South Cooperation in the UN System
By Ramesh Jaura Interview with Jorge Chediek, Director of the UN Office for South Cooperation (UNOSSC) NEW YORK (IDN) – South-South and triangular cooperation forms an integral part, complementing North-South Cooperation, of the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)…
Don’t Understand Clouds? But You Should!
By Baher Kamal ROME, Mar 2017 (IPS) – Obviously, there are so many issues and phenomena that have been brought up by growing impact of climate change that one would likely not think about. Some of them, however, are essential and would be good to learn about.
Dijsselbloem under fire after saying southern European countries wasted money on ‘alcohol and women’
Mehreen Khan, Paul McClean – Financial Times Jeroen Dijsselbloem, the head of the eurozone’s finance ministers, has come under attack after refusing to apologise for saying southern European countries had wasted money on “drinks and women” in the run upto the eurozone crisis. At…
FBI and NSA chiefs give Trump his worst day yet
by: Edward Luce – FINANCIAL TIMES – Virtually every day since Donald Trump took office has yielded a “could not make this up” moment. But Monday’s Congressional hearings — and Mr Trump’s live tweeting on the proceedings — may have killed fiction stone dead.
The Dutch Elections and the Looming Crisis
By George Friedman – Daily Digest A class struggle is emerging in Euro-American society. Geert Wilders, the nationalist candidate for prime minister of the Netherlands, lost the election on March 15.
The robots are coming, your jobs are at risk
By Martin Khor* Automation linked with digital technology is predicted to take over millions of jobs, and developing countries are most susceptible to the disruptive effects. Last year Uber started testing driver-less cars, with human drivers inside to make corrections in case…