Category: World
The United Nations in a Time of Opportunity & Uncertainty: a Time to Choose
On 15 September 1953, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit of India was elected the eighth president of the UN General Assembly — the first woman…
Ukraine’s ‘turned tide’ doesn’t comport ‘with basic military reality’
Encouraged by Ukraine’s sustained advances in drone warfare, Western media is abuzz with the idea that Kyiv just might be able to defeat…
Trump’s favorite drug trafficker returns triumphantly to Honduras
Former President Juan Orlando Hernández, the convicted drug trafficker pardoned by President Donald Trump last December, flew triumphantly home to Honduras on Sunday…
Zelensky’s dangerous gambit to merge the Iran and Ukraine Wars
As Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky arrives in Washington, much indicates that he is no longer merely trying to draw greater American support into its…
Zelensky’s big idea for Trump: Ukraine is the Israel of Europe
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky landed in Washington with a bang Tuesday, just days after Ukraine carried out a missile strike against an Iranian…
Extreme Heatwave Escalates Urgency of Climate Adaptation in Europe
As Western Europe endured its worst-ever June heatwave in recorded history, the imperative for climate adaptation is now urgent as the continent accelerates…
The Americas have the Tools to Eliminate HIV, but Gaps in Access & Coverage remain, says PAHO
The Region of the Americas has more tools than ever before to prevent, diagnose, and treat HIV, yet many of them are still…
Before Lindsey there was Fritz, an anti-Iraq war, Israel skeptic
Funeral services for Sen. Lindsey Graham, who died suddenly on July 11 at the age of 71, will take place on Tuesday in…
Trump is playing chicken with America’s oil reserves
Back in 1975, reeling from the Arab Oil Embargo of 1973, President Gerald Ford signed the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. The law…
The new US push for peace in Libya is — surprise — about the oil
Massad Boulos — Trump’s Africa and Middle East envoy who is also the father-in-law to Trump’s daughter, Tiffany — has focused much of…
