Sri Lanka is facing its worst financial crisis in 70 years, with food prices rising by a staggering 30% in March alone. In a country of 22 million people, massive protests across the country are calling for the resignation...
By Lucia Frigo
The first round of the French Presidential elections concluded on Sunday 10th April with the announcement of a run-off between current President Emmanuel Macron and far-right opponent Marine Le Pen. The face-off is now postponed to April...
By Maddalena d'Aquilio
On 21 March, the EU Council approved the Strategic Compass: an action plan with which the European Union intends to strengthen its common defence and security policy by 2030. The document was then endorsed by the leaders...
By Bertil Lintner* – Asia Times
If anyone had thought that there could, as the UN and the outside world advocate, be a dialogue between Myanmar’s junta and the democratic opposition, those hopes were effectively dashed when the country’s military...
By Maurizio Sacchi
As the war in Ukraine escalates, and the prospect of a peace agreement seems to be receding, there is an almost-silent stone guest who could play a key role in stopping the conflict and setting the conditions...
Nationalist parties won in both Serbia and Hungary, two countries currently close to Putin's Russia and lukewarm on the Kremlin's moves in Ukraine. Hungary's President Viktor Orbán won his fourth consecutive term in office on Sunday, his fifth in...
A truce in Yemen came into effect on Sunday, April 3rd. For two months, the parties involved in the war are expected to silence their weapons. The ceasefire comes following a UN proposal: it is the first since 2016,...
By Gianni Beretta
At least 1,400 young pandilleros were arrested in El Salvador in some 50 public order operations throughout the country. This happened in the first three days of the 'state of exception' adopted by the President of the...
On March 29th, 2022, Parliamentaries from all over the world met at an international gathering focused on the greatest good of the planet: water.
"Let's free water from the stock market!" was the international meeting's telling title.
From Belgium, Cameroun, Chile,...
By Stella Levantesi - Othernews
When Russia invaded Crimea, the EU and United States issued a joint statement stressing the importance of promoting U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports for Europe. It was 2014 and “American gas” would save Europe...
