Given the loss of human life and devastating damage caused by Hurricane Dorian in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, the President of Cuba´s Councils of State and Ministers, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, extended condolences to “the people of the Bahamas and families of the victims,” in a message to the Prime Minister of the island nation.Read More »
Boris Johnson’s bid for an election is set to be initially thwarted as opposition parties are united in wanting to prevent a no-deal Brexit before agreeing to a vote.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Wednesday demanded an Oct. 15 snap election after lawmakers seeking to prevent a no-deal Brexit dealt him a humiliating defeat in parliament which he cast as an attempt to surrender to the European Union.
Brexit-battle in the UK is raging. The UK Parliament’s vote to open debate on a motion blocking a no-deal Brexit leaves the UK in a state of chaos not seen in post-WW II period. The chaos has already touched the monarchy there.
The plan to suspend Parliament was heavily criticized by opposition parties and some Conservative MPs.
On Tuesday night in the House of Commons, MPs voted to take control of parliament in a bid to avoid a no-deal exit from the European Union.Read More »
The UN Human Rights Council slammed the U.S., UK and France for their complicity in alleged war crimes in Yemen.
The Council warned that abetting such crimes by selling arms or other aid is also illegal.
“States that knowingly aid or assist parties to the conflict in Yemen in the commission of violations would be responsible for complicity in the relevant international humanitarian law violations,” declared the UNHRC’s Group of Eminent International and Regional Experts on Yemen in a report published on September 3, 2019.Read More »
Since a long time, democracy in the United States and Native Americans are debated issue. A recent book has re-initiated the debate.
A book by a noted historian attempts to show how expanding American democracy hurt Native Americans in the early days of the state and how tribes viewed the young U.S. as an entity seeking to erase them from existence.Read More »
Hunger for profit is devouring mountains, and it is hurting many people.
A Degirmenlik (Cyprus), September 1, 2019 datelined AFP report – “Hunger for concrete eats away at mountains” — told about a shepherd:
“Soon, Jamal’s voice will no longer ring out over the mountain slopes he’s roamed for years with his herd in northern Cyprus.
“To feed the concrete demands of hotels, holiday homes and road-building, quarries are eating away at the mountains where his goats graze.Read More »
There is nothing serene about death at the moment it’s upon a family. And even if death personified passes by, its collection of a soul prevented by the wonders of modern medicine, it leaves behind an unshakeable fear, a constant reminder of our own fragile mortality.
On a Saturday morning in early May, I sat up in bed, took in my surroundings, along with the white-hot brightness of the sun, shook my head, and remembered I wasn’t home.
The results of the poll will come as a relief for the Sandinistas. The country is emerging from the wave of right-wing violence that swept Nicaragua in 2018.
Despite U.S. sanctions, and a year on from opposition violence, a new opinion poll by a private company reveals that over 50 percent of Nicaraguans would vote for the ruling Sandinista National Liberation Front (FSLN) if there were an election. The poll also revealed an extremely low level of support for the right-wing opposition, with a larger number backing no party.
, “The unity of Colombians, without distinctions, must be around the noble purpose of a peace cemented on a basis of social justice.
During the course of the campaign for Colombia’s regional elections, 5 candidates have been killed, following the death of Karina García Sierra on Monday. The figure is now the same as that of the 2015 campaign, prior to the peace accords being signed. The continuing violence is proof of the fragility of Colombia’s ‘peace’.
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