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India: Defending Chinese Threat From Bangladesh’s Soil

Soon after Professor Muhammad Yunus frankly announced that Bangladesh is the guardian of the ocean—the Bay of Bengal—the bigwigs, military hawks, politicians, and ‘Godi Media’ in India lashed out at Bangladesh for such a statement, which has been deemed a…

International Day of Action Against the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum in Brussels

On 10 April 2025, more than 200 people gathered at Place du Luxembourg in Brussels to protest against the consequences of the “EU Pact on Migration and Asylum”, approved precisely one year ago by the European Parliament. This demonstration, launched…

What Comes Next After The US’ Withdrawal From Poland’s Rzeszow Logistics Hub For Ukraine?

This is meant to symbolize the reduction of American military aid to Kiev, not function as the first step towards a complete withdrawal from Poland or Central & Eastern Europe as a whole. The Pentagon announced on Monday that US…

Nicaragua’s opposition media welcome Trump’s new tariffs – and ignore how they were calculated

Five countries in Central America, together with the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean, have a free trade agreement with Washington, but this didn’t protect them from the punitive tariffs announced on President Trump’s “Liberation Day.” A minimum 10 per cent…

Thirteen questions searching for an answer

When the population requested investment in health, education and work, the answer was always the same: there is no money and we have to tighten our belts. Where now does so much funding for rearmament come from? If Russia wanted…

Claudia Sheinbaum leads massive boxing class and Trump shares video of Mexican campaign “Fentanyl kills”

From the Zócalo in Mexico City, President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo led the simultaneous start of the National Boxing Class in all the country’s public squares, via a link to the 32 states of the Republic, as part of the focus…

Chai-walla tête-à-tête with the inventor of social business

News media in Bangladesh and India were agog due to the news that Prof Muhammad Yunus, Chief Advisor of the Interim Government, and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi met officially for the first time in a decade on the sidelines…

Georgia and Serbia: Struggles and Synergies in the Heart of the “Europe Beyond EU”

On 30 March, Georgian diaspora groups gathered outside the European Parliament in Brussels, further supporting the protests shaking Tbilisi for months against the increasingly authoritarian turn taken by the ruling “Georgian Dream” party accelerated since October 2024. For nearly five…

CHECK (This Is The Key Reason Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Work)

As far as the use of any more sanctions and/or tariffs is concerned, a large red flag was raised when the Biden administration tried to sanction Russia (14 rounds of sanctions) in 2022 – 2024. The sanctions produced a fiasco,…

Trump Administration Fires Thousands of U.S. Health Workers, Putting Wellbeing of Americans at ‘Serious Risk’

Thousands of United States health workers were laid off on Tuesday as part of the Trump administration’s massive purge of federal employees, including top scientists and senior leaders in charge of regulating food and drugs, researching treatments and cures and protecting Americans…

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