Natasha Lindstaedt, University of Essex July 18, 2019//-President Donald Trump has been denounced by the US House of Representatives for tweets attacking four Democratic Congresswomen of colour calling on them to “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came”.
The legacy of Chávismo includes a mountain of foreign-currency-denominated claims against the Venezuelan public sector, totaling $150 billion, almost all of which is now in default. When Nicolás Maduro finally leaves power, how can these claims be settled while meeting the country’s desperate need for humanitarian relief and economic recovery? Cambridge, UK, July 14, 2019//- […]
What started as a trade war between the United States and China is quickly escalating into a death match for global economic, technological, and military dominance. If the two countries’ leaders cannot manage the defining relationship of the twenty-first century responsibly, the entire world will bear the costs of their failure. New York, USA, May […]
May 24, 2019//-BBC report says the UK Prime Minister, Theresa May is to resign as Conservative leader on 7 June, paving way for contest to decide her successor. The reason for her pending resignation is yet unknown. But political analysts said it could be on her poor handling of the Brexit debacle. But UK’s Telegraph […]
New Delhi, India, May 23, 2019// – Prime Minister Narendra Modi‘s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is on course to a landslide victory in the Indian elections and is set to return to power.
As India holds elections, two leading editors question whether it is the one of the world’s most successful democracies. May 4, 2019//-India has been hailed as one of the most successful democracies in South Asia.
April 26, 2019//-The United States acted in “bad faith” in Vietnam where President Donald Trump and his team held talks with North Korea, its leader Kim Jong Un said during a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
April 21, 2019//-At least 207 people have been killed and 450 hurt in explosions at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka, police say.
From ensuring life-saving programmes are not yanked mid-project to preserving long-term funding for British agencies and EU-UK collaboration on aid policy, the Brexit stakes for the humanitarian sector are sky-high.
The roof of famed Notre Dame in French capital collapses as firefighters struggle to contain the blaze. Paris, France, April 15, 2019//-Firefighters in Paris are battling to put out a huge blaze that has engulfed the iconic Notre Dame cathedral, a centuries-old building in the heart of the French capital.
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