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Portuguese Community in Brussels Holds Protest Demanding Climate Accountability

The climate crisis is no longer an extraordinary or deniable phenomenon. It is instead an escalating reality that directly and profoundly affects communities across Europe, as consistently evidenced by youth-led movements, historical trends, scientific research, and visible extreme events. It…

African Union Consolidates Relations With United Nations 

(Moscow Bureau) – In its declaration after the two-day extensive deliberations, African leaders, under the auspices of the African Union, renewed their collective pledge to strengthen strategic partnership with United Nations and also prioritize multilateralism on the global agenda. The…

Rubio’s Munich Speech Detailed Trump 2.0’s Envisaged New World Order

What Trump 2.0 wants to do is lead Western Civilization’s comprehensive reforms with a view towards building a nascent civilization-state that would then unrestrainedly wield its restored collective strength to coerce rising rivals into subordinating themselves to it for restoring…

The new Taliban criminal code: stratified justice and punishment by social class

A judicial regulation signed by the leadership of the Islamic Emirate in 2026 institutionalizes a penal hierarchy based on social status. The text establishes differentiated levels of punishment according to class, granting virtual immunity to upper strata while enabling physical…

Ubuntu and Panafricanism – the Library That Changes the World

A meeting on the topic of Pan-Africanism and the Ubuntu philosophy took place on Saturday, January 17, 2026, from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the Ubuntu Humanist Library in Dakar. The event, organized by the Center of Study, Reflection,…

Tarique Rahman Inherits Post-Revolution Ruins: The ‘Winner’s Curse’ Looming Ahead

By Sakhawat Kawsar (Dhaka Bureau)   Following a landslide electoral victory, Tarique Rahman is set to ascend to the pinnacle of power in Bangladesh. However, like many historic leaders before him, he faces a striking paradox: an absolute mandate often…

Nature of the U.S. Military: Matthew Hoh

For many of us, our country is walking a tightrope between democracy and autocracy. I am a US American civilian. I avoided serving in the US military during the Vietnam War. My father and son were in the military – one…

Eyes Wide Shut (The City at the Heart of Darkness Part 2)

“Of any particular thing, ask: What is it in itself? What is its nature?”  Marcus Aurelius 160 CE After Following The Yellow Brick Road Now that you’ve followed the yellow brick road and you’ve arrived at part 2 of this…

India Might Soon Replace Russian Oil With Venezuelan At Scale After All

A new US license is being interpreted as prohibiting Venezuelan energy companies from transactions with China among other countries, which if true, could lead to India purchasing the 642,000 barrels of oil per day that China imported on average last…

Africa at its own crossroads: water, sovereignty and narrative power at the 39th African Union Summit

Meeting in Addis Ababa between 14 and 15 February 2026, the African Union placed water security at the center of its agenda. But the discussion goes beyond water: it cuts across political legitimacy, the continent’s geopolitical reconfiguration, and the debate…

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