The Art of Monetary War
THE SCALE OF THE WESTERN RESPONSE to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been as surprising as the invasion itself. In the span of a few days, a highly integrated capitalist economy
Ukraine: On the Fault Line Between East and West
MSNBC’s Joy Reid thinks the West’s galvanizing response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is unfair. “Let’s face it,” she said on March 8th, “the world is paying attention because this is happening
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Amid Diplomatic Snub From Some Countries 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
Canada joins a growing list of countries planning a diplomatic boycott of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the decision, shortly after Britain’s Boris Johnson said UK
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COP26 Summit: The Speech the World Needs to Hear
Mia Mottley – Barbados’ prime minister – stole the show at COP26 Summit and what her proposals for a new global settlement for those on the climate frontline are actually
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‘In moment of darkness truth is a revolutionary act’ (Video)
“The COP26 climate summit in Glasgow ended up being just another big flop”, writes Aljazeera. Except this no holds barred insightful, historically right, geopolitically discomforting earful talk by Vijay Prashad
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Jameel Janjua: The elite Canadian pilot who’ll be flying tourists to space
Virgin Galactic’s “future astronauts” will be in the hands of Jameel Janjua, an elite Canadian test pilot. He’s one of seven Virgin Galactic pilots hired to fly dreamers like himself
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The Most Dangerous Animal in the World
FLASHBAK: On June 8, 1963, the Illustrated London News ran the following story about an exhibition at the gorilla house at The Bronx Zoo in New York City. The exhibit
Five Sea Battle Tactics in Movies and TV (Video)
Has the blue sea returned as a dominant theater for geopolitics and geo-economy? Is the Naval/Cyber warfare hybrid a new normal in the making, just as the space? Says a
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British Scientist of Bangladesh Origin Invents Spray to Fight Covid
A young scientist of Bangladesh origin in UK has developed a revolutionary disinfectant solution that has been deemed “ground-breaking” in the global fight against Covid-19. Sadia Khanom, 26, developed “Voltique”,
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Imran’s Wired Animal Sculptors on World Environment Day
Islamabad-based young artist Imran from Hunza spent 60 days on rooftop doodling with wires, sometime rewiring them, to give forms and substance to his imagination. June being the month for
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Nine Countries United Against China 120 Years Ago. They’ve Come Together Again.
A few days back, the G7 coalition turned its guns on China and its Chinese allies with Bring Back the Better World (B3W)” global initiative and with $40 trillion has
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‘The World Has Risen For Palestine’ (Videos)
The Israeli attacks and ongoing land occupations from the Palestinians have led to the latest upsurge in violence, say some independent observers in the region. “They have shaken and stirred
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