By Gianni Beretta
On the streets of the rural town of Matagalpa (in northern Nicaragua), the day of August 4th must have looked like a TV series in the making: Bishop Rolando Alvarez appeared, raising the monstrance and blessing on...
The weekly update on the Russian invasion of Ukraine by our founder and director, Raffaele Crocco.
The station is - or better, it was - Chaplyne, 100 kilometres east of the city of Zaporizhzhia in central Ukraine. Russian bombs wiped...
By Marta Cavallaro
On Monday 15 August, William Ruto was officially declared the winner of Kenya's latest presidential election, becoming the country's fifth President. The gap by which he overtook Raila Odinga, his main opponent backed by outgoing President Uhruru...
By Emanuele Profumo from Santiago, Chile
Santiago - The next 4 September, in less than two weeks, Chile will decide what country it wants to become. After the Estallido Social of 2019, the most important popular uprising since the return...
By Ambra Visentin
Near Bristol, 150 km west of London, the source of the river Thames has temporarily disappeared. The reservoirs have gradually emptied and since this week gardens watering is forbidden. At the centre of the debate are...
By Peter Beaumont and agencies – Originally published on our partner website Other-News
The head of the World Health Organization has returned to his suggestion that racism may be driving the lack of international interest in the ongoing war in...
By Raffaele Crocco.
The black wave that is the new phase of the war in Ukraine is reaching the Mediterranean. The war looks more and more like a huge chess game, with too many players around the table trying to...
By Jan Servaes* - published first on Othernews
On August 3rd residents of the Myanmar capital Naypyitaw were suddenly awakened by the sound of military helicopters in the air. The helicopters hovered over the city all day. The way to...
By Maurizio Sacchi
Gustavo Petro, the country's first left-wing president in the 200 years of its independence, took office as president of Colombia on 7 August 2022. "This is the government of life, of peace, and it will be remembered...
By Raffaele Crocco
For once, the international community agrees: from the US to China to the EU and the UN, all say that the fighting around the Zaporizhzhia atomic power plant creates the 'risk of a catastrophic nuclear accident'. Environmental...
