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Niger Is The Fourth Country In The Sahel To Experience An Anti-Western Coup
Wednesday, 2 August 2023, 7:17 pm | Globetrotter
At 3 a.m. on July 26, 2023, the presidential guard detained President Mohamed Bazoum in Niamey, the capital of Niger. Troops, led by Brigadier General Abdourahmane Tchiani closed the country’s borders and declared a curfew. The coup d’état was immediately ... More >>
Over 20 Killed As Kenyans Take To The Streets Against President William Ruto’s ‘Reforms’
Thursday, 20 July 2023, 8:20 pm | Globetrotter
Up to 23 people have reportedly died in the crackdown by police against the July 2023 protests in Kenya denouncing the new tax regime introduced by President William Ruto’s government. The protests first broke out on July 7 against the new taxes, ... More >>
Is Tunisia Becoming The EU’s Border Police?
Thursday, 20 July 2023, 8:19 pm | Globetrotter
Tunisia and the European Union signed a “strategic and comprehensive partnership” agreement on Sunday, July 16, to control the movement of migrants and asylum seekers. Every year, thousands of people cross the Mediterranean to seek asylum and refugee ... More >>
In Chile, Having A Good Constitution Doesn’t Guarantee Social Change
Wednesday, 12 July 2023, 7:05 am | Globetrotter
A conversation with Bárbara Navarrete, secretary-general of the Communist Youth of Chile. By Taroa Zúñiga Silva “We are a generation totally interested in taking power,” says Bárbara Navarrete , the new secretary-general of the Communist Youth ... More >>
A Brutal Colonial Legacy Is Tinder for the Fires That Are Sweeping Across France
Friday, 7 July 2023, 6:53 am | Globetrotter
On Saturday, July 1, 2023, a large crowd gathered inside and around the Ibn Badis Mosque in Nanterre, France, where a seventeen-year-old boy, Nahel M, was mourned and then later buried. Nahel M, of Algerian and Tunisian heritage, was shot dead ... More >>
Are We Living Through A De-Dollarization?
Friday, 23 June 2023, 12:07 pm | Globetrotter
By Justin Podur De-dollarization is apparently here , “like it or not,” as a May 2023 video by the Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft, a peace-oriented think tank based in Washington, D.C., states. Quincy is not alone in discussing de-dollarization: ... More >>
Can China And The United States Establish Mutual Respect To Lessen Tensions?
Thursday, 8 June 2023, 11:05 am | Globetrotter
By Vijay Prashad On June 3, 2023, naval vessels from the United States and Canada conducted a joint military exercise in the South China Sea. A Chinese warship (LY 132) overtook the U.S. guided-missile destroyer (USS Chung-Hoon) and ... More >>
LGBTQ+ Ugandans Face Deadly Threat As “Anti-Homosexuality Act” Signed Into Law
Wednesday, 7 June 2023, 11:03 am | Globetrotter
On May 29, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni gave his assent to the Anti-Homosexuality Bill (now Act). While same-sex relations were already criminalized under Uganda’s Penal Code, the new legislation goes much further, posing a grave threat to LGBTQ+ ... More >>
Taiwan’s Quest To Upgrade Its Battle Readiness Continues To Evolve
Saturday, 27 May 2023, 9:51 am | Globetrotter
Headline: Taiwan’s Quest to Upgrade Its Battle Readiness Continues to Evolve Russia’s war in Ukraine and China’s growing strength have accelerated Taiwan’s military overhaul. Taipei is exploring multiple ways to enhance its security, but unorthodox ... More >>
The Deplorable Work Conditions Behind Harrods’ $7,000 ‘Ambootia Snow Mist’ Darjeeling Tea
Thursday, 25 May 2023, 12:10 pm | Globetrotter
By Saurav Sarkar And Rupam Deb In 2015, after you were done gawking at the statue of Princess Di in the world’s largest department store, Harrods in London, you could head on over to the world-famous food halls where you could buy, among other ... More >>
Understanding The Controversy And Legality Of ‘Overseas Police Stations’
Tuesday, 2 May 2023, 9:33 am | Globetrotter
By John P. Ruehl The apprehension of two men in New York on April 16, 2023, marked the first known U.S. arrests in connection with Chinese overseas police stations. Both men were working in a building in Manhattan’s Chinatown rented by the America ... More >>
The Global South Is Done Waiting For The UN To Solve Humanity’s Challenges
Saturday, 15 April 2023, 8:24 pm | Globetrotter
Dag Hammarskjöld, the tragic second United Nations secretary general, once said the organization “was created not to lead mankind to heaven but to save humanity from hell.” Of course, this depends very much on what kind of hell you had in mind. ... More >>
How The War In Ukraine Is Shaking Up The Global Arms Industry
Thursday, 13 April 2023, 5:43 am | Globetrotter
The struggles of Russian weapons manufacturers have added to historic shifts in the global arms market. On March 21, 2023, India’s air force confirmed that a major Russian arms delivery would not occur, citing Russia’s logistical challenges stemming ... More >>
The World Bank And The BRICS Bank Have New Leaders And Different Outlooks
Saturday, 8 April 2023, 4:32 pm | Globetrotter
By Vijay Prashad In late February 2023, U.S. President Joe Biden announced that the United States had placed the nomination of Ajay Banga to be the next head of the World Bank, established in 1944. There will be no other official candidates for ... More >>
Global News Dispatches: 3 Stories - Syria | Peru | Ciudad Juárez
Thursday, 6 April 2023, 5:04 am | Globetrotter
Regional Isolation of Syria May End Soon Peru Announces Definitive Withdrawal of Ambassador From Colombia Tragedy in Ciudad Juárez Highlights Dangers Faced by Migrants Regional Isolation of Syria May End Soon Saudi Arabia may invite Syria to attend ... More >>
20 Years After Catastrophe In Iraq, The War Apologists Still Dominate U.S. Foreign Policy
Saturday, 1 April 2023, 8:55 pm | Globetrotter
In Warsaw last February, President Joe Biden condemned the lawless Russian invasion of Ukraine: “The idea that over 100,000 forces would invade another country—since World War II, nothing like that has happened.” One month later marked the 20th ... More >>
The Simple Reason Why The U.S. Wants ‘Full Spectrum Dominance’ Of The Earth
Saturday, 1 April 2023, 6:45 pm | Globetrotter
Imagine the uproar if China or Russia—or any other country for that matter—said it aimed to exercise military control over land, sea, air, and space to protect its interests and investments. This amazingly has been the stated United States policy ... More >>
Why EU Strategic Autonomy Apart From The U.S. Is Currently Impossible
Friday, 31 March 2023, 11:30 am | Globetrotter
By James W. Carden Among the wreckage the riots that have convulsed Paris may leave in their wake include President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform; Macron’s ability to effectively govern for the next four years; and, quite possibly, the Fifth Republic ... More >>
Why Ukraine Is Increasingly A Nuclear Headache For World Powers
Friday, 31 March 2023, 11:27 am | Globetrotter
On March 20, 2023, the British government confirmed it would supply Ukrainian forces with tank shells made with depleted uranium, which can “penetrate tanks and armor more easily due to its density and other physical properties.” The affair quickly ... More >>
How The Cuban Government And Its People Collaborated On The Family Code
Friday, 24 March 2023, 6:14 am | Globetrotter
Revolutionary Havana youth describe the process of building legislation in dialogue with the people. By Natalia Marques On September 25, 2022, Cuba passed one of the world’s most progressive codes on families. All in one go, the small island nation ... More >>
